Lumière and Company
1995 · 88 min
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Alain Corneau, Andrei Konchalovsky. Written by Patrice Leconte. Starring Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado.
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.
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