Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024)
Movie 1h 44m ★ 7.0/10
Good for tonight if you want to: teach me something
Lumière, Le Cinéma! is a documentary and history movie from 2024. It is directed by Thierry Frémaux. The cast includes Valerio Mastandrea, Francis Ford Coppola and Bertrand Tavernier. The running time is 1h 44m. Audiences give it a strong score of 7.0 out of 10.
72Tonight Score Well rated, recent.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast & crew
- Thierry FrémauxDirector
- Valerio Mastandreaas Self - Narrator (voice)
- Francis Ford Coppolaas Self
- Bertrand Tavernieras Self
- Thierry Frémauxas Self - Narrator (voice)
- Roman Coppolaas Self
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Questions about Lumière, Le Cinéma!
- What genre is Lumière, Le Cinéma!?
- Lumière, Le Cinéma! is categorised as Documentary, History.
- Who stars in Lumière, Le Cinéma!?
- Valerio Mastandrea, Francis Ford Coppola, Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Frémaux, Roman Coppola appear in the main cast.
- Who directed Lumière, Le Cinéma!?
- Thierry Frémaux directed Lumière, Le Cinéma!.
- How long is Lumière, Le Cinéma!?
- Lumière, Le Cinéma! runs for 1h 44m (104 minutes).
- Is Lumière, Le Cinéma! worth watching?
- It holds an audience score of 7.0/10. Check the similar titles below if you want alternatives in the same style.
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- Availability changes by country and over time. Use the "Where to watch" links on this page to see which legal streaming, rental or purchase services currently offer it.
