Le Géographe Manuel II Socrate Pour Prendre Congé, Le Géographe Manuel II Socrate Pour Prendre Congé

Michel Zumpf

France, 2017, Color, 71’

World Premiere

Erik Satie exceeded expectations by releasing Socrates in 1918, for voice and piano, then in 1920 for voice and orchestra, whilst the original request was for a musical piece to accompany the reading of philosophical texts. Michel Sumpf perpetuates the transformation by confronting it with female bodies, female singers, with a few men amongst a selection of Parisian types of architecture.

Technical sheet

  • MusiC:
    Edgar Varèse et Erik Satie.
  • Photography:
    Irina Lubtchansky, Jeanne Lapoirie, Claire Mathon.
  • Sounds:
    Olivier Mauvezin, Henri Maiko , Bruno Ehlinger, Thierry Coduys.
  • Editing:
    Dominique Auvray.
  • Production:
    Le Géographe manuel.