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6.3/10 • 67

1995-12-201h 28m

DramaDocumentary

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
John Boorman, Michael Haneke, Costa-Gavras, Wim Wenders, Raymond Depardon, David Lynch, Lasse Hallström, Cédric Klapisch, Claude Lelouch, Alain Corneau, Francis Girod, Spike Lee, Vicente Aranda, Abbas Kiarostami, Theo Angelopoulos, Yoshishige Yoshida, Fernando Trueba, Hugh Hudson, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Zhang Yimou, Ismail Merchant, Sarah Moon, Arthur Penn, Bigas Luna, Nadine Trintignant, Jerry Schatzberg, Merzak Allouache, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Miller, Gaston Kaboré, Jaco Van Dormael, Gabriel Axel, Jacques Rivette, Idrissa Ouedraogo, James Ivory, Patrice Leconte, Peter Greenaway, Liv Ullmann, Régis Wargnier, Youssef Chahine, Lucian Pintilie
Editors
Timothy Miller

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  1. Jeff Alperi

    Jeff Alperi

    Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

  2. Romane Bohringer

    Romane Bohringer

    (segment "Claude Miller")

  3. Bruno Ganz

    Bruno Ganz

    Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

  4. Ticky Holgado

    Ticky Holgado

    (segment "Claude Lelouch")

  5. Alan Rickman

    Alan Rickman

    (segment "John Boorman")

  6. Liam Neeson

    Liam Neeson

    (segment "John Boorman")

  7. Stephen Rea

    Stephen Rea

    (segment "John Boorman")

  8. Sven Nykvist

    Sven Nykvist

    (segment "Liv Ullman")

  9. Lena Olin

    Lena Olin

    (segment "Lasse Hallström")

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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