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1995-12-201h 28m

Documentary

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