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The 40 brief films are often wonderful, and always revealing in the way they show professional directors working on what amounts to a haiku.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Lumière & Company
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
1995 · 1h 28m · N/A
Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Teo Angelopulos
,
Lasse Hallström
,
Vicente Aranda
,
John Boorman
,
Youssef Chahine
,
Alain Corneau
,
Raymond Depardon
,
Francis Girod
,
Abbas Kiarostami
,
Cédric Klapisch
Overview
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Director and cast
- Teo Angelopulos Director
- Lasse Hallström Director
- Vicente Aranda Director
- John Boorman Director
- Youssef Chahine Director
- Alain Corneau Director
- Raymond Depardon Director
- Francis Girod Director
- Abbas Kiarostami Director
- Cédric Klapisch Director
- Jeff Alperi Cast
- Romane Bohringer Cast
- Bruno Ganz Cast
- Ticky Holgado Cast
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