

The Silence Before Bach
2007 Directed by Pere PortabellaThis 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
....................................................Mayordomo

Féodor Atkine
....................................................Vendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph Biller
....................................................Self
Christian Brembeck
....................................................J. S. Bach

Àlex Brendemühl
....................................................Camioner
Georgina Cardona
....................................................Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster
....................................................Afinador de Pianos
Director
...........................................................Pere Portabella
Producer
...........................................................Pere Portabella
Writer
...........................................................Carles Santos
Pere Portabella
Xavier Albertí
Editor
...........................................................Òskar Gómez
Production Manager
...........................................................Pascual Otal
Production Companies
...................................................Films 59
Production Countries
........................................................Spain
Spoken Languages
....................................................Deutsch
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Genres
....................................................Music
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