80 egos, one baton, zero room for error — the beautiful chaos of becoming one.
How can people play together as one? How can one contribute to something greater than oneself? How can a group cohabitate for decades without falling apart? And what role does the conductor really play? For the first time, cameras and microphones slip among the 80 musicians of the Orchestre de Paris, under the baton of their young prodigy conductor, Klaus Mäkelä. A total immersion to share their experiences, emotion and beauty, at the heart of music in the making.
Direction
Béziat disappears completely — you're on stage, not observing it.
Sound
The mix makes you hear the orchestra like the musicians do: terrifyingly exposed.
Editing
Cuts between solitary practice and unified performance hit like musical whiplash.
Director
Philippe Béziat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mäkelä was 27 when filming began — making him younger than several orchestra members' instruments.
The film inverts the typical music doc formula: no talking heads, no backstory, only the terrifying present tense of creation.
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