Lumière et Compagnie
6.213
88 minutes
12/20/1995
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.
Cast List
Jeff 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
Zhang Yimou
as Self
Jacques Rivette
as Self