Un mot d’après l’autre

Filmmaker Éric Darmon offers a close-up portrait of Georges Aperghis, tracing his creative process from within. Filmed over several years—through rehearsals, exchanges with performers, and moments in the studio—the documentary captures a mind at work, attuned to the inflections of language, the rhythm of breath, and the playfulness of musical gesture. Archival material punctuates this immersion, highlighting the continuity of a practice in which theatre and music have continually informed one another. More than a biographical documentary, the film opens onto a working process in motion, where composition emerges through experimentation, dialogue, and attentive listening. It reveals an artist for whom every word engages the body, every sound sets a situation in motion, and whose writing unfolds as a living practice of language.