The Silence Before Bach (2008)

  • G
  • 01/30/2008 (US)
  • Music
  • 1h 42m

Overview

This latest feature from the eccentrically experimental Catalan director Portabella is a beautiful, sometimes faintly bonkers celebration and contemplation of the role Bach’s music plays in the world today. Blending historical reconstruction with very loosely linked ‘dramatic’ scenes and documentary sequences, the film constitutes a playful, painterly sequence of variations on the argument that Johann Sebastian changed the way the world hears thanks to his extraordinary ear for harmony.

Pere Portabella

Writer, Director

Carles Santos

Writer

Xavier Abertí

Writer

Cast

Christian Atanasiu's headshot

Christian Atanasiu

Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine's headshot

Féodor Atkine

Vendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph Biller's headshot

Georg Christoph Biller

Self
Christian Brembeck's headshot

Christian Brembeck

J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl's headshot

Àlex Brendemühl

Camioner
Georgina Cardona's headshot

Georgina Cardona

Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster's headshot

Lucien Dekoster

Afinador de Pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat's headshot

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat

Amazona

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