The Silence Before Bach
Original title: Die Stille vor Bach
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7.3/10
(17)
12/21/2007
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1h 42min

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Synopsis
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.
Direction: Pere Portabella
Screenwriter: Carles Santos, Pere Portabella, Xavier Albertí
Producer: Pere Portabella
Cast

Féodor Atkine
Vendedor de Pianos

Àlex Brendemühl
Camioner

Lina Lambert
Madre de Mendelssohn