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)
(more)Cast
![Liv Ullmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/776/160776525_166400.jpg)
Liv Ullmann
Japan
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Ox (1991)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
![Lena Olin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/680/162680486_aeb291.png)
Lena Olin
Sweden
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Reader (2008)
![Alessandra Martines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268762_31b529.jpg)
Alessandra Martines
Italy
Best movies:
Don Bosco (2004) (TV movie)
Les Misérables (1995)
Love Me No More (2008)
![Isabelle Huppert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/692/160692028_17e70a.png)
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
![Yimou Zhang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270109_b519a2.jpg)
Yimou Zhang
China
Best movies:
Red Sorghum (1987)
Keep Cool (1997)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Jacques Rivette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270072_2e39bc.jpg)
Jacques Rivette
France
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
![Alan Rickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/679/163679115_83fed8.png)
Alan Rickman
UK
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
![Stephen Rea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218630_87dbf6.jpg)
Stephen Rea
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
The Crying Game (1992)
Michael Collins (1996)
![Aidan Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267787_44a890.jpg)
Aidan Quinn
USA
Best movies:
The Mission (1986)
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Flipped (2010)
![Sven Nykvist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269695_43d449.jpg)
Sven Nykvist
Sweden
Best movies:
The Magic Flute (1975) (TV movie)
![Liam Neeson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/672/163672798_7fd7dc.jpg)
Liam Neeson
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
![David Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/976/161976773_85e51e.jpg)
David Lynch
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
The Fabelmans (2022)
![Spike Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269661_dc7923.jpg)
Spike Lee
USA
Best movies:
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Clockers (1995)
![Patrice Leconte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270099_513c89.jpg)
Patrice Leconte
France
Best movies:
My Stars (2008)
![Neil Jordan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269643_19eda9.jpg)
Neil Jordan
Ireland
Best movies:
A Film with Me in It (2008)
![Romane Bohringer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494662_a8f702.jpg)
Romane Bohringer
France
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
Savage Nights (1992)
Total Eclipse (1995)
![Claude Lelouch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271258_f125af.jpg)
Claude Lelouch
France
Best movies:
Heart to Heart (1979)
Le Far-West (1973)
Happy New Year (1987)
![Pernilla August](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/981/165981419_058094.jpg)
Pernilla August
Sweden
Best movies:
![Otto Sander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/896/159896451_d8e295.jpg)
Otto Sander
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)