Lumière, Le Cinéma!

2024 1h 44m FR

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★7.1TMDB · 16

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Thierry Frémaux
Self - Narrator (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Roman Coppola
Self
Bertrand Tavernier
Self
Valerio Mastandrea
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alain Chabat
Laurent Gerra

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thierry Frémaux
Writers: Thierry Frémaux
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Lumière ! (Thierry Frémaux) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jonathan Cayssials shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Thierry Frémaux and Francis Ford Coppola and Roman Coppola carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10323412 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Thierry Frémaux directs. Jonathan Cayssials cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Part of the "Lumière ! (Thierry Frémaux) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Jonathan Cayssials shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Thierry Frémaux and Francis Ford Coppola and Roman Coppola carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt10323412 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 17 themes, including "invention", "cinematographer", "filmmaking", "archive footage".