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Cinématon
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Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities, artists, journalists and friends of the director, each doing whatever they want for the allotted time. Subjects of the film include directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley. Gilliam is featured eating a 100-franc note, while Fuller smokes a cigar. Courant's favourite subject was a 7-month-old baby. The film was screened in its then-entirety in Avignon in November 2009 and was screened in Redondo Beach, CA on April 9, 2010.
Cast
![Gérard Courant](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gérard Courant
N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
![Alain-Alcide Sudre](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alain-Alcide Sudre
N°5
![Rose Lowder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iRDL93tiLU9Sp5SANiMG8wGug6.jpg)
Rose Lowder
N°6
![Bernard Roué](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//v0aOnlmE6Rdrl6HljfFocTNdzAj.jpg)
Bernard Roué
N°7
![Dominique Noguez](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//i2MZXzwOrOzPg29RyRC0qffrDq6.jpg)
Dominique Noguez
N°8 / N°71 / N°319
![Katerina Thomadaki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uWHHY6c99Up8DG3J1VtANMQqLZy.jpg)
Katerina Thomadaki
N°9
![Martine Elzingre](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Martine Elzingre
N°12
![Teo Hernández](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zFDhvOa6r87If7cXwdmKOG6RNrE.jpg)
Teo Hernández
N°16 / N°481
![Gaël Badaud](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kykyGRUB4e20HK2g8BjRcwc3H3q.jpg)
Gaël Badaud
N°17
![Joseph Morder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7Lm1kKbYjjGFBwLqNG3WgUek2Oa.jpg)
Joseph Morder
N°21 / N°74 / N°323 / N°1968 / N°2119
![Martine Rousset](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gDt8NJ9FCBycm5DhFxBFiNzYaho.jpg)
Martine Rousset
N°22
![Michel Nedjar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1zQhNh1fsubzEwomJaSV7ep2Cld.jpg)
Michel Nedjar
N°27
![Babette Mangolte](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ftBiD3gCiVmAHccx0mRNIVZCmgT.jpg)
Babette Mangolte
N°31
![Raymonde Carasco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1xochGVGe7BYbVWh8goACDfEvxI.jpg)
Raymonde Carasco
N°32
![Stéphane Marti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//goQU4fcq4kFed6jfkioPKbcdpk6.jpg)
Stéphane Marti
N°33
![Boris Lehman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1CElhTCznn4EcV5rBJoPMixCoqA.jpg)
Boris Lehman
N°34 / N°468 / N°1463 / N°2292
![Raphaël Bassan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yOPnnuO6Saxje6WqzELNND3ESa5.jpg)
Raphaël Bassan
N°41 / N°1736 / N°2050
![Michael Snow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j03LNEftQoFpTD2irj9MdhWPUgo.jpg)
Michael Snow
N°44
![Lionel Soukaz](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lionel Soukaz
N°47
![F.J. Ossang](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7rVEZmbwyxVj76j6KJRiSMpBlvb.jpg)
F.J. Ossang
N°52
![Gina Lola Benzina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6Nz0hVUnUUhiwZFl88VDb8KGpxM.jpg)
Gina Lola Benzina
N°53
![Erwin Huppert](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Erwin Huppert
N°54
![Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann
N°56
![Marcel Hanoun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gWEp5hDCnDub4sEddvU0JvgpJY4.jpg)
Marcel Hanoun
N°60
![Stéphane Monclaire](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stéphane Monclaire
N°61
![Howard Guttenplan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nWuyI2wkvhwmN1227t38840teup.jpg)
Howard Guttenplan
N°65
![Jean Douchet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dtgf5Eo8CCNq8gub1LWxlMWTaFP.jpg)
Jean Douchet
N°66
![Joseph Losey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sPcG1jKsfCIViiDRJkB0FzH0PJt.jpg)
Joseph Losey
N°76
![Yvonne Rainer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2z7TncXWs7PIRQ28bSmVVtam4hp.jpg)
Yvonne Rainer
N°95
![Manoel de Oliveira](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lkEY4Amtuyk8hPmNz01EqWYH3Xk.jpg)
Manoel de Oliveira
N°102
![Ulrike Ottinger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4mhoFrgqnqwJCaqTSSgANClrfAL.jpg)
Ulrike Ottinger
N°104
![Derek Jarman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vozzl6a3kqNJhWo7AheLMp81xVn.jpg)
Derek Jarman
N°105
![Jean-Luc Godard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zP5EDY5MstfkdBmPXNCj8Y6v5KR.jpg)
Jean-Luc Godard
N°106
![Conny Schenk](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Conny Schenk
N°107
![Jackie Raynal](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jackie Raynal
N°110 / N°2929
![Paul Sharits](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mlXPqhayQYvLv0sUQgOqXXiWS56.jpg)
Paul Sharits
N°120
![Stephen Dwoskin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//czK2KmlaMJtYOHQeebFlshC8ku6.jpg)
Stephen Dwoskin
N°121
![Robert Kramer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tSbaZNs37qLaVic7m4IDZZBz558.jpg)
Robert Kramer
N°122
![Jean-Michel Bouhours](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jean-Michel Bouhours
N°145
![Christian Lebrat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kPcuflAUXhLRBkyQstPFlzxBe6V.jpg)
Christian Lebrat
N°150
![Serge Merlin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xVlx1sRX6uLuTjqcFmqdONDJ1nc.jpg)
Serge Merlin
N°158
![Roland Lethem](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1JpCtomjsI8wr9twqYYm5ccZi5p.jpg)
Roland Lethem
N°161
![Marie Rivière](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8dYXEsV8KwUUa1Zo9hC2gfGdvMW.jpg)
Marie Rivière
N°172 / N°173
![Imre Gyöngyössy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m0N8lnMSiPw7QBSFBm7eguvOgXR.jpg)
Imre Gyöngyössy
N°174
![Doreen Canto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Doreen Canto
N°179
![Kristin Kirkconnel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kristin Kirkconnel
N°180
![Rosette](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8p94hYFOqPwT0sD9Q3ZlWefMlqO.jpg)
Rosette
N°192
![Philippe Garrel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vjgkhhPQ1j5zPUbajYIc1i6VKH6.jpg)
Philippe Garrel
N°193
![Wim Wenders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AbqrYglSgaMfetQAeqdHaqiPSof.jpg)
Wim Wenders
N°212
![Noël Godin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yxVcQrsBiTZOuPQnklnKj4VVc3q.jpg)
Noël Godin
N°214
![Maurice Pialat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jlGdIh29lad4eLDv48uPJ2LrNpW.jpg)
Maurice Pialat
N°236
![Sandrine Bonnaire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iTHkJuVdFcAuZZtBH2frKTeujKG.jpg)
Sandrine Bonnaire
N°238 / N°1742
![Alf Bold](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alf Bold
N°246
![Brigitte Sy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yEB4q2Q9uWXip56xRrBmT9GAqxf.jpg)
Brigitte Sy
N°250
![Jakobois](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fAGrVIKSWczpVV890LHvMpxyPuS.jpg)
Jakobois
N°251
![Werner Nekes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wc3DqK6qU7XYXVqWuAFOTeQtphX.jpg)
Werner Nekes
N°261
![Helmut Herbst](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kDnoUx8BwtTjZqm41R44T80LKWZ.jpg)
Helmut Herbst
N°262
![Galaxie Barbouth](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Galaxie Barbouth
N°264 / N°306 / N°447 / N°698 / N°895
![László Szabó](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5kGcihh33EjWxZWQCCMywvKrbpC.jpg)
László Szabó
N°282
![Peter Kubelka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Kubelka
N°295
![Philippe Sollers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aoMoQx4KjJrF6WxlFwO2AQPdh6a.jpg)
Philippe Sollers
N°314
![Frédéric Pardo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k9xY6qxHfWxNhV28dBETgosK8ZR.jpg)
Frédéric Pardo
N°318
![Lucia Fioravanti](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lucia Fioravanti
N°321 / N°368
![Yann Beauvais](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jTAHhdTQziEGqydwy6537mNSPiw.jpg)
Yann Beauvais
N°322
![Philipe Bordier](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Philipe Bordier
N°340 / N°421
![Jean-Marie Straub](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y6a7HQ2UK12p5bhP90KbRvu3mX.jpg)
Jean-Marie Straub
N°342
![Danièle Huillet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cFbsXcombzamJjtdDOWDl2UzUHY.jpg)
Danièle Huillet
N°343
![Julie Delpy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rd40f4QpAUUne3hMaUhHrZtcK2c.jpg)
Julie Delpy
N°376
![Gabriel Matzneff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jOuV9AUYUmWH1Fa9xWTRfwPlmqg.jpg)
Gabriel Matzneff
N°393 / N°2507
![James Broughton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nrtK0izTNmRKkgHWvcxThJs5uUM.jpg)
James Broughton
N°409
![Juliet Berto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8V15SItRZvoTRDdivqAHS8YIrVu.jpg)
Juliet Berto
N°441
![Fernando Arrabal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//duchIlZNQJUMT1HLKjqnAiv9X8D.jpg)
Fernando Arrabal
N°442
![Jacques Monory](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jacques Monory
N°458
![Pascal Martin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6COf3aHTwht9PmMAWy6QntsiEJO.jpg)
Pascal Martin
N°485
![Mireille Perrier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hgOD97FhLyqNzw5fDq1Rpg3qcuE.jpg)
Mireille Perrier
N°505 / N°893
![Béatrice Romand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//n11bD97i4KFykFmwgF9iCXBW3vY.jpg)
Béatrice Romand
N°527 / N°764 / N°2215
![Michel Mardore](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Michel Mardore
N°564
![Volker Schlöndorff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zk29UzKaYdvgY3AQ6KjpQmdNpNf.jpg)
Volker Schlöndorff
N°572
![Margarethe von Trotta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rxFG8ZBtXRt0iRzMKiFOq579GD.jpg)
Margarethe von Trotta
N°576
![Patrick Poivre d'Arvor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eI2PFORtjcjbldlU4Wul5jQCKD2.jpg)
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
N°600 / N°621
![Terry Gilliam](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7qBkaXxANmnb6hqQCBc4iWqXEL6.jpg)
Terry Gilliam
N°601
![Samuel Fuller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yC1rWSkV8crevItmlRz056GOTMf.jpg)
Samuel Fuller
N°602
![Jessica Forde](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iZzIWUpeWAbllJn37bACBcXl9I9.jpg)
Jessica Forde
N°608
![Barbet Schroeder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5uBKjaIcxAaq70v2RPBAvb9qcgM.jpg)
Barbet Schroeder
N°651
![Yasmine Haury](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yasmine Haury
N°701
![Gabrielle Lazure](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kAkKhBU6EqOa7kr344bP4GACfuu.jpg)
Gabrielle Lazure
N°747
![Charlotte Véry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mTAW8qpzhvwvqTxxMU3bWKtNGDL.jpg)
Charlotte Véry
N°765
![Yoshishige Yoshida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ih0NWTsmsaRUDLSsDZNuokM7ygb.jpg)
Yoshishige Yoshida
N°789
![Mariola San Martin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mariola San Martin
N°796 / N°829 / N°908
![Nicoletta Braschi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9IeE3Iz9HXZVTrvhjSCKlR4FLxB.jpg)
Nicoletta Braschi
N°800
![Roberto Benigni](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//noelOhwX1oaNSvU9NLKhPrHTFI3.jpg)
Roberto Benigni
N°801
![Véronique Delbourg](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vuyiUzYcxTw96RvfBC4Zcfr4Y5g.jpg)
Véronique Delbourg
N°804
![Nagisa Ōshima](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qvKfqHwzYSM6xMDrwq1uRQ1kjfR.jpg)
Nagisa Ōshima
N°806
![Harun Farocki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qTMJH2Vq91rbsAGrk6AbsKeBnHY.jpg)
Harun Farocki
N°1068
![Sergei Parajanov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//90Vpo4UtfYeckMRLesg9Fanqgcs.jpg)
Sergei Parajanov
N°1083
![Ultra Violet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hO0I2te3nSjsJd0vqHEFflPAQCz.jpg)
Ultra Violet
N°1084
![Mike Kuchar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lw5oEJtwfHwxEV6zfeE05EMqeB7.jpg)
Mike Kuchar
N°1085
![Jean Rouch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//808sK0h9rZ5ljP2bOxyyvLmbDn7.jpg)
Jean Rouch
N°1256
![Brigitte Lahaie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//b3CBMBsDsKzHb56eb1pWFdfuDTV.jpg)
Brigitte Lahaie
N°1512
![Tonino De Bernardi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6t3K7VZymqWMpJKifzN6xEFlPqK.jpg)
Tonino De Bernardi
N°1542
![Jonas Mekas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8Vg9wa4dzsYRB2DsaJp9Db7lvuT.jpg)
Jonas Mekas
N°1590
![Jean-Jacques Lebel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ydSWCd0F7qa4I1y6xJuTizXkwAs.jpg)
Jean-Jacques Lebel
N°1592
![Anzhelika Nevolina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mosYp0ZCBfUrU8R955q9hIcz5uB.jpg)
Anzhelika Nevolina
N°1634
![Gaspar Noé](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wyUEwuZr3ATzltxxS4puwT5RS0b.jpg)
Gaspar Noé
N°1749
![Patrick Deval](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nrj3IM3szFXsZnCyrttCjwfbfI0.jpg)
Patrick Deval
N°1985
![Zouzou](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8btgRZJJhcPlEPrcci5c00F5gvs.jpg)
Zouzou
N°1988
![Frédérique Devaux](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AnE42MyouSJemHvSCu8cc9fCJmB.jpg)
Frédérique Devaux
N°1991
![Daniel Pommereulle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bpoGURGpkhWOqP982wFWkJrnMZM.jpg)
Daniel Pommereulle
N°2023
![Serge Bard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uJMFLb6PzwVHvaN0wIyojWqPLpi.jpg)
Serge Bard
N°2026
![Jacques Robiolles](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jacques Robiolles
N°2028
![Mauricio Hernández](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//19BAZ3NAl41mfgs3b0gIhxg90xO.jpg)
Mauricio Hernández
N°2052
![Leïla Colin-Navaï](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leïla Colin-Navaï
N°2083
![Jaap Pieters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lIzqPmRWIJMxdaxf1RpQtPSThDZ.jpg)
Jaap Pieters
N°2115
![Robert Cahen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//FmOZh0dH1DeEDbja7brcmZxQgO.jpg)
Robert Cahen
N°2233
![Benjamin Léon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)