Movie

Lumière & Company

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

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.

Directors

Lasse Hallström,Vicente Aranda,John Boorman,Alain Corneau

Producers

Neal Edelstein,Fabienne Servan Schreiber,Anne Andreu