Lumière & Company
DramaDocumentary
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.
Cast
Jeff AlperiPoliceman (segment "David Lynch")
Romane Bohringer(segment "Claude Miller")
Bruno GanzDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Ticky Holgado(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Alan Rickman(segment "John Boorman")
Liam Neeson(segment "John Boorman")
Stephen Rea(segment "John Boorman")
Sven Nykvist(segment "Liv Ullman")
Lena Olin(segment "Lasse Hallström")
Pascal Duquenne(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
Nathalie RichardNinon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
Neil Jordan(segment "John Boorman")
Aidan Quinn(segment "John Boorman")
Isabelle HuppertNarrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
Otto SanderCassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Romane Bohringer(segment "Claude Miller")Bruno GanzDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")Ticky Holgado(segment "Claude Lelouch")Alan Rickman(segment "John Boorman")Liam Neeson(segment "John Boorman")Stephen Rea(segment "John Boorman")Sven Nykvist(segment "Liv Ullman")Lena Olin(segment "Lasse Hallström")Pascal Duquenne(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")Nathalie RichardNinon (segment "Jacques Rivette")Neil Jordan(segment "John Boorman")Aidan Quinn(segment "John Boorman")Isabelle HuppertNarrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)Otto SanderCassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
