Lumière and Company
Original title: Lumière et compagnie
“Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors”
1995 · 1 h 28 min
John BoormanCast
Pernilla August 
Max von Sydow 
Merzak Allouache Jeffe Alperi 
Theodoros Angelopoulos 
Romane Bohringer
Plot
Forty international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinématographe invented by the Lumière brothers.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Boorman's compilation is charming and varied, a tribute to cinema's beginnings.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (3,538 votes)
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