A creation by Jean-François Alcoléa
Based on Georges Méliès’ Films

Concept, musical compositions and sound creation, keyboard, strings structure, melodica, objects: Jean François Alcoléa
Drum, guitar: Fabrice Favriou 
Sound, keyboard, percussions, objects: Thomas Desmartis
Light manager, video: Mathieu Lucas

Right in the Eye is a show to experience that embarks audiences, from youngster to seniors, through a fantastic journey. Reviews said about this Five-Star-Show at the Edinburgh Fringe “A magical hour where films, light and music weave a rich tapestry. A unique experience.” Created by Jean-François Alcoléa and praised by the Great-Great-Granddaughter of legendary filmmaker and cinematographer Georges Méliès, Right in the Eye features a captivating, multi-layered score performed by three virtuoso musicians, offering an amazing emotional voyage. Using an extraordinary range of instruments—including piano, percussion, guitar, and unique oddities like the aquaphone, theremin, and even plastic take-out lids—the musicians bring new life to Méliès' films. Their mesmerizing music evokes the technical wizardry and playful creativity that defined his work.

This multimedia production, showcasing 12 films, blends live performance with stunning visuals, offering an emotional journey through early cinema. The inventiveness of the musicians and imagery mirrors Méliès’ boundless imagination, creating a unique experience where both music and film work in perfect harmony to reimagine cinema’s early years. 

“It is at once inventive, elegant, and moving... right to the core."  — Festival Avignon, France 

"We are living in the movie world created by Georges Méliès more than a century ago, smug in the illusion that we are experiencing the very last thing." — The New York Times, USA 

“A music that stirs fantasies having fine-tuned a varied, top-notch sonorous instrumentation that would certainly not have displeased the filmmaker.” — Zibeline, France

“Alcolea & cie explore the legacy of a unique cinematic entrepreneur with playful, childlike energy. Inventive percussion & joyous, melodic harmonies combine to form a whole truly greater than the sum of its parts. 5/5.” — Fringebiscuit, UK 

“Right in the eye was creatively intelligent. All the sounds and music brought Georges Méliès’ film to life. Alcoléa helped showcase the talent and imagination that Méliès put in to each film he created.”  —  The Houstonian, USA 

The Films

• Introduction (documentary based on archival material) 
• Le cauchemar (A Nightmare) 
• Un homme de têtes (The Four Troublesome Heads) 
• Voyage à travers l’impossible (The Impossible Voyage) 
• La visite sous-marine du Maine (Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine")
• Le voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants (The Lilliputians and the Giants)
• Panorama pris d’un train en marche (Panorama from Top of a Moving Train)
• Les nouvelles luttes extravagantes (Fat and Lean Wrestling Match) 
• Le merveilleux éventail vivant (The Marvelous Living Fan) 
• L’équilibre impossible (An Impossible Balancing Feat) 
• Le royaume des fées (The Kingdom of Fairies) 
• Nain et géant (The Dwarf and the Giant)