Overview

• The documentary, directed by Thierry Frémaux, premieres in theaters on March 19, 2025, as a follow-up to his 2017 film, ‘Lumière! L’aventure commence.’
• It features over 120 early Lumière films, spanning genres such as comedy, suspense, western, and drama.
• The film captures the innocence and beauty of early cinema through 50-second sequence shots that document life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Frémaux emphasizes the anthropological and artistic value of the Lumière brothers' work, preserving the cultural and historical essence of the era.
• The accompanying music by Gabriel Fauré has received mixed reactions, with some viewers finding it overwhelming.