Summary: 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. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic. (imdb)

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AKA: Lumière and Company

Genre: Documentary

Country: Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden

Directed By: David Lynch, John Boorman, Costa-Gavras, Alain Corneau, Vicente Aranda, Youssef Chahine, Theodoros Angelopoulos

Written By: Philippe Poulet

Starring: Alan Rickman, Spike Lee, Max von Sydow, Romane Bohringer, Yimou Zhang, Liv Ullmann, David Lynch, Antoine Duléry, Jeffe Alperi, Michele Carlyle, Lou Chapiteau, Marc Chapiteau

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