Is Lumière & Company scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Lumière & Company violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Lumière & Company easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Lumière & Company sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Lumière & Company end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Lumière & Company

Name: Lumière & Company
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 1995
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado, Alan Rickman

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, Lasse Hallström, Costa-Gavras, Zhang Yimou, Theo Angelopoulos, Abbas Kiarostami, Claude Lelouch, Ismail Merchant, Régis Wargnier, Cédric Klapisch, Sarah Moon, Fernando Trueba, Peter Greenaway, Spike Lee, Patrice Leconte, Jaco Van Dormael, Alain Corneau, Raymond Depardon, Michael Haneke, Vicente Aranda, John Boorman, Yoshishige Yoshida, James Ivory, Lucian Pintilie, Merzak Allouache, Hugh Hudson, Gaston Kaboré, Gabriel Axel, Liv Ullmann, Claude Miller, Wim Wenders, Helma Sanders-Brahms, David Lynch, Francis Girod, Bigas Luna, Andrei Konchalovsky, Nadine Trintignant, Youssef Chahine, Jacques Rivette, Jerry Schatzberg, Arthur Penn

Produced by Cinétévé, La Sept-Arte

199588 min6.3 / 10

A celebratory anthology of 40 short films made by world-class directors using 1895 technology, blending homage to cinema's origins with contemporary artistic vision.

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.

Clusters

Quirky Genius Movies Honor And Duty Strong Female Characters

Genres

Drama Documentary

Keywords

Homage Woman Director

Questions people ask

Is Lumière & Company scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is Lumière & Company violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Lumière & Company easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Lumière & Company sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.
Does Lumière & Company end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.