The film in concert is a genre of which Martin Matalon is particularly fond: it transforms the screening of a film into a live performance. After his memorable experiences with Luis Buñuel and Fritz Lang, the Argentinian composer meets Chaplin and three medium-length films in which social criticism is met with poetry and humor. An irresistible playfulness. Seven musicians, including a singer, take part in the adventure, as well as the electronics that multiply the extensive palette of percussion including zarb, udu, balafon, and Afro-Cuban instruments. Whether complete parallelism or deliberate divergence between image and music, autonomy and accompaniment, the music weaves its own relationship to the film's structure through editing.

Coproduction IRCAM/Les Spectacles vivants-Centre Pompidou, Compagnie Cadéëm.

With the support of the DRAC Île-de-France, la Sacem, la Maison de la Musique Contemporaine, la Fondation Ernst Von Siemens et la Fondation Salabert.