La Pêche aux poissons rouges
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Director Louis Lumiere Producer Louis Lumiere Duration Language Silent | 5/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, Short Cinematography Louis Lumiere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1895 Directors Auguste Lumiere, Louis Lumiere Genres Short Film, Documentary, Silent film, Indie film Similar movies Pacific Rim , Paperman , IMAX 3D Deep Sea , Rescue , To the Arctic , Africa: The Serengeti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pêche aux poissons rouges is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.
Contents
The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière Cinématographe on December 28, 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris.
Production
As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the Cinématographe, an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer.
Plot
A man (Auguste Lumiere) holds his baby daughter (Andrée Lumiere) on a table next to a bowl containing goldfish. The baby begins putting her hand into the water while the man supports her. The scene is filmed by a stationary camera behind the table.