France has been influential in the development of film as a mass medium and as an art form. Cinema of France - History. Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century. In the late 19th century, during the early years of cinema, France produced several important pioneers. Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe and their screening of L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat in Paris in 1895 is marked by many historians as the official birth of cinema ...

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• Cinema of France - History
• Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century
• Cinema of France - Post-World War II: 1940s-1970s
• Cinema of France - 1980s
• Cinema of France - 1990s
• Cinema of France - Current situation
• Cinema of France - Notable contemporary French cinema personalities
• Cinema of France - Actors
• Cinema of France - Directors
• Cinema of France - Literature

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Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century. In the late 19th century, during the early years of cinema, France produced several important pioneers. Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe and their screening of L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat in Paris in 1895 is marked by many historians as the official birth of cinema. During the next few years, filmmakers all over the world started experimenting with this new medium, and France's Georges Méliès was influential ...

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Cinema of France, Cinema of France - History, Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century, Cinema of France - Post-World War II: 1940s-1970s, Cinema of France - 1980s, Cinema of France - 1990s, Cinema of France - Current situation, Cinema of France - Notable contemporary French cinema personalities, Cinema of France - Actors, Cinema of France - Directors, Cinema of France - Literature

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Cinema of France - Actors. Isabelle Adjani Renée Adorée Anouk Aimée Mathieu Amalric Fanny Ardant Jean-Pierre Aumont Daniel Auteuil Charles Aznavour Emmanuelle Béart Monica Bellucci Juliette Binoche — Academy Award winner for her role in The English Patient Bernard Blier Bourvil Charles Boyer Capucine Leslie Caron Vincent Cassel Aurore Clément< ...

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Cinema of France, Cinema of France - History, Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century, Cinema of France - Post-World War II: 1940s-1970s, Cinema of France - 1980s, Cinema of France - 1990s, Cinema of France - Current situation, Cinema of France - Notable contemporary French cinema personalities, Cinema of France - Actors, Cinema of France - Directors, Cinema of France - Literature

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