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1995-12-201h 28m

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

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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
--
Revenue
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Keywords
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