The Silence Before Bach (2007)

The Silence Before Bach (2007)

2007-12-21 Spain 102 Min. PG-13
7.3 17 votes

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.

Cast

Christian Atanasiu is Mayordomo
Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine is Vendedor de Pianos
Vendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph Biller is Self
Self
Christian Brembeck is J. S. Bach
J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl is Camioner
Camioner
Georgina Cardona is Violonchelista
Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster is Afinador de Pianos
Afinador de Pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat is Amazona
Amazona
José Pedro García Balada is
Gertrud Kossler is Clienta
Clienta
Bert Kripstädt is Camarero
Camarero
Lina Lambert is Madre de Mendelssohn
Madre de Mendelssohn

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