Baby's Meal
About Baby's Meal
Auguste Lumière and his wife Marguerite sit at a table in a garden. Auguste feeds their baby daughter Andrée. Marguerite pours tea. The view is one unedited outdoor take.
Cast & crew
More about Baby's Meal
Louis Lumière photographed it between March 22 and June 10, 1895. The Lumière catalog, Vue no. 88, describes a father feeding a baby lunch. Each title on the December program was 17 meters.
Themes
Background
The December 28, 1895 Cinématographe show at the Grand Café was the Lumières' first commercial presentation. This garden scene was on that bill.
Look
Louis Lumière photographed the family in daylight, in a single take, from a fixed position.
Preservation
A copy is held by France's Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.
Notes
- It was the seventh of the ten films shown at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris.
- English titles in circulation include Baby's Breakfast, Feeding the Baby, and The Family Breakfast.
- The picture is a 35mm frame at 1.33:1.
Scenes
- Auguste feeds Andrée while Marguerite sits at the garden table.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Repas de bébé (1895).webm)
