FEATURE FILM

Lumière & Company

Name: Lumière & Company
Director: Lasse Hallström
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 1995-12-20
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado, Alan Rickman

6.4Movie199588 min

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.

Standalone Mode

Top cast

Jeff Alperi

Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

Romane Bohringer

(segment "Claude Miller")

Bruno Ganz

Damiel (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 Richard

Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

Neil Jordan

(segment "John Boorman")

Creative team

Lasse Hallström (Director) • Vicente Aranda (Director) • John Boorman (Director) • Alain Corneau (Director) • Raymond Depardon (Director) • Francis Girod (Director)