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.
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Part of Lumière ! (Thierry Frémaux) Collection
2 films
Cast
8 people
Thierry Frémaux
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Paris 2024 : L'avant cérémonie d'ouverture
Mon cinéma
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Also in
Morceaux de Cannes
Close-Up on The Conversation
duplicate of 301200
Roman Coppola
Self
Known for
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Bertrand Tavernier
Self
Known for
A Sunday in the Country
Valerio Mastandrea
Self - Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Place
Tear Along the Dotted Line
Alain Chabat
Known for
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Laurent Gerra
Known for
Women at War
An Ideal Father
Thierry Frémaux Director · Jonathan Cayssials Editor Simon Gemelli Editor
First release September 20, 2024 · Produced in France · Production Institut Lumière
Production
Sorties d'Usine Productions
Production
Institut Lumière
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Lumière, l’aventure continue
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Spain · September 20, 2024
Premiere · Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
France · March 19, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
December 18, 2025 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 21, 2025 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 19, 2025 · Premiere · Hong Kong French Film Festival
Italy
October 23, 2024 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
November 27, 2024 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival
Japan
November 1, 2024 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
November 22, 2024 · Theatrical
Poland
December 5, 2025 · Digital
Russia
July 6, 2025 · Premiere · Voices Young Film Festival
October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Message to Man International Film Festival
Spain
March 14, 2025 · Theatrical
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