CinemaOSMovie · 2024 · 1h 44m

Lumière, Le Cinéma!

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In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers Auguste and Louis, whose brilliant invention, the cinematograph, helped to inaugurate the most beloved art form of the last 130 years. Institute Lumière director Thierry Frémaux uses Lumière, Le Cinema! to guide the viewer through over a hundred shorts—some famous, some forgotten, some never before seen—directed by Lumière and company. In the process, Frémaux illuminates how the brothers employed the camera as a creative instrument as they (and their operators) mastered framing, staging, and subject selection for quotidian and exotic microdocumentaries as well as the first ever fictional motion pictures. The result is not only a glorious re(telling) of the genesis of cinema but a profound meditation on the beautiful world captured—and the mysterious world imagined—by the Lumières.

Directed byThierry Frémaux

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
FR
Released
November 22, 2024
Studios
Sorties d'Usine ProductionsInstitut Lumière

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Lumière ! The Adventure Continues / Lumière ! L'aventure continue (2024) - Trailer (French)

Lumière ! The Adventure Continues / Lumière ! L'aventure continue (2024) - Trailer (French)

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Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Thierry Frémaux

Thierry Frémaux

Self - Narrator (voice)

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Self

Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Valerio Mastandrea

Valerio Mastandrea

Self - Narrator (voice)

Alain Chabat

Alain Chabat

Laurent Gerra

Laurent Gerra

Creative team
Directed by
Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Frémaux
Written by
Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Frémaux
Produced by
Maelle Arnaud

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