Impromptu

Impromptu

2017•10.0/10

DocumentaryAnimation

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10.0/10(1)

A journey to the origins of cinema, starting with its forgotten fathers: the pioneers who achieved moving images before 1895, the official year of the Lumière cinematograph. Through five studies by Frédéric Chopin, 'Impromptu' is also a tribute to the end of the 19th century, to its immortal muses, and to the fascination with movement itself.

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Grupo de Animación, Universitat Politècnica de València

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