Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs
2012, English. Directed by Francis Alÿs.
The game is filmed from above in a single take, emphasizing the inexorable process of subtraction. Six children place five chairs in a row, facing in alternate directions. When the music starts, the players skip one behind the other around the chairs. When the music stops, everyone scrambles to occupy the nearest chair and one person is left standing. The loser carries a chair away, stomping out of shot to the left. The music starts again, and so it goes on until the winner claims the last chair. Then there is only an empty space.
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- 0h 5m
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- English
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- 1 January 2012
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Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2012. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs, try The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, The U.S. vs. John Lennon.
Who directed Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs?
Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs (2012) was directed by Francis Alÿs.