Lumière & Company (1995)
Lumière et compagnie
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
88 min
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.
- Release date
- December 20, 1995
- Country of origin
- Spain, Sweden, Denmark, France, United Kingdom
- Music
- Jean-Jacques Lemêtre
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Trailer
Cast
- Jeffe Alperi as Policeman (segment: David Lynch)
- Romane Bohringer as (segment: Claude Miller)
- Bruno Ganz as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
- Ticky Holgado as (segment "Claude Lelouch")
- Alan Rickman as (segment "John Boorman")
- Liam Neeson as (segment "John Boorman")
- Stephen Rea as (segment "John Boorman")
- Sven Nykvist as (segment "Liv Ullman")
- Lena Olin as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
- Pascal Duquenne as (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
- Nathalie Richard as Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
- Neil Jordan as (segment "John Boorman")
- Aidan Quinn as (segment "John Boorman")
- Isabelle Huppert as Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
- Otto Sander as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
- Max von Sydow as Jacob (segment: Liv Ullman)
- Spike Lee as Self (segment "Sarah Moon")
- David Lynch as Self
- Yimou Zhang as Self
- Jacques Rivette as Self
- Pernilla August as Anna Åkerblom (segment: Liv Ullman)
- Merzak Allouache as Self
- Theodoros Angelopoulos as Self
- Michele Carlyle as (segment: David Lynch)
- Youssef Chahine as Self
- Lou Chapiteau as (segment: Claude Miller)
- Marc Chapiteau as (segment: Claude Miller)
Crew
- Theodoros Angelopoulos · Director
- Vicente Aranda · Director
- John Boorman · Director
- Youssef Chahine · Director
- Philippe Poulet · Writer
- Neal Edelstein · Producer
- Fabienne Servan-Schreiber · Producer
- Jean-Jacques Lemêtre · Composer
- Peter Deming · Cinematographer
- Jean-Yves Le Mener · Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist · Cinematographer
- Roger Ikhlef · Editor
- Timothy Miller · Editor