Félicien Trewey

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand Tavernier.

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table is turned on him.

Using a wide-brimmed hat, Félicien Trewey caricatures several personalities and different types of characters: Bruant, Edward III of England, the Scotsman, the Chinese man, the sardine fisherman, the concierge, Don Basile, the police cap and the Salvation Army.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Three people playing cards.

On a street, a man greets passers-by and welcomes two cyclists and three horse riders who stop along the sidewalk.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

Three young girls dance in the street.

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.