Anthology / Documentary
France / Denmark / Spain / Sweden,
1995, 88 min
Screenplay:
Patrice LeconteCinematography:
Jean-Yves Le MenerComposer:
Jean-Jacques LemêtreCast:
Liv Ullmann, Lena Olin, Alessandra Martines, Isabelle Huppert, Yimou Zhang, Max von Sydow, Jacques Rivette, Alan Rickman, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn (more)Plots(1)
Forty directors from around the world directed 52-second short films using a restored Lumiere camera in this homage to the pioneer filmmakers, the Lumiere brothers. Directors include John Boorman, Costa-Gavras, Andrei Konchalovsky, James Ivory, Spike Lee, Bigas Luna, Patrice Leconte, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, Fernando Trueba and Liv Ullmann. (official distributor synopsis)
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