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Lumiere!

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Restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

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Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter It's an altogether engrossing crash course in the birth of movies, and if Fremaux makes anything clear in his survey, it's that the Lumieres were not only cinema pioneers - they were perhaps the first auteurs. Jan 26, 2017 Full Review Alberto Bermejo El Mundo (Spain) This documentary serves the beauty, the surprise, the purity and the wisdom of the then newborn cinematographic art on a platter. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Oct 31, 2017 Full Review Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Sensacine Few things are more exciting than looking back at the film archive and discovering with amazement. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 5/5 Oct 16, 2017 Full Review Daniel de Partearroyo Cinemanía (Spain) ... conveys the understandable enthusiasm of peering into a world that is palpable. {Full review in Spanish] Rated: 5/5 Oct 14, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Valerii Ege D It's an amazing documentary, but I have to cite that every short with animal suffering bothered me very much. People's cruelty is incontestable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Audience Member El trabajo de los hermanos Lumiere y su combo de operarios fue sensacional, esta recopilación de las primeras películas, de 50 segundos, son un precioso tributo a los Lumiere y al mundo del cine. Nostálgicos y curiosos resultan estos cortos que hablan por si mismos, aunque un poco mas de historia hubiese sido mejor para evitar el posible efecto soporífero que puede llegar a tener en algunos momentos. Histórico, melancólico y hermoso. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This film captures 98 of the earliest films ever produced by the Lumiere brothers, digitally restored and enhanced. The Lumieres are founders of the cinematic device and these short films are from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The film is a must see for any cinematic history buff or film student. It is quite fascinating to view such a historical recordings of the earliest moving images of mankind. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Thierry Frémaux

Director

Thierry Frémaux

Voice

Martin Scorsese

Self

François Clerc

The Gardener (archive footage)

Benoît Duval

The Boy (archive footage)

Leopoldo Fregoli

Himself (archive footage)
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Movie Info

Synopsis Restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
Director
Thierry Frémaux
Producer
Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Frémaux
Screenwriter
Thierry Frémaux
Production Co
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 30m