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The Silence Before Bach

2007 Directed by 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.

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Christian Atanasiu

Christian Atanasiu

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Mayordomo

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

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Vendedor de Pianos

Georg Christoph Biller

Georg Christoph Biller

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Self

Christian Brembeck

Christian Brembeck

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J. S. Bach

Àlex Brendemühl

Àlex Brendemühl

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Camioner

Georgina Cardona

Georgina Cardona

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Violonchelista

Lucien Dekoster

Lucien Dekoster

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Afinador de Pianos

102 minutes

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