The Silence Before Bach
2007 · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Pere Portabella
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.
- Released
- 2007-12-21
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Language
- DE
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Alex Brendemühl
Camioner
Féodor Atkine
Vendedor de Pianos
Christian Brembeck
J. S. Bach
Daniel Ligorio
F. Mendelssohn
Georg C. Biller
Himself
Antonio Serrano
Acompañante del camionero
Ferrán Ruiz
Hijo de Bach
Georgina Cardona
Violonchelista
Christian Atanasiu
Mayordomo
Lucien Dekoster
Afinador de pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
Amazona
José Pedro García Balada
