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Repas en famille (1897)

Repas en famille poster
Directed by
Constant Girel
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film shows a family having a meal together in Japan in the late 1890s. It captures a simple everyday scene without any narrative or drama.

quieteverydayintimateslowobservationalcasualneutraldomestic

What happens

Repas en famille è un cortometraggio del 1897 diretto da Louis Lumière. Conosciuto anche con i titoli alternativi: Un repas en famille au Japon, Vues Japonaines: Repas en famille. Catalogo Lumiere n. 734 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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