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Art & Culture 60'

ERIK SATIE RELOADED

In 2025, we will celebrate the centenary of the death of one of the world's most played composers, Erik Satie, the father of minimalist music.

 

Erik Satie is a true enigma. Eccentric, brilliant and funny, he constantly mocked his own life and that of others, as if nothing mattered, not even - especially not - music, which was his life's passion. He would say that he was “born too young into a world that was too old.”

 

Following a dual biographical and musicological line, the film brings Satie to life through his own texts, brimming with humor and despair, and through the archival testimonies of his prestigious fellow travelers - Debussy, Ravel, Picasso, Tzara... But above all, this film gives a voice to the international artists who interpret Satie today - including Kety Fusco, Thylacine, Alice Sara Ott and Anne-Lise Gastaldi - testifying his profound influence on modern music.

Direction: Gregory Monro

Production: O2B Films for ARTE France

Delivery: December 2024

For the 100th anniversary of his death on July 1, 2025

Languages: French, English

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