The Silence Before Bach

2007Directed by Pere Portabella

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Released: December 21, 2007
Runtime: 1h 42m

About The Silence Before Bach

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Pere Portabella
Writers: Pere Portabella
Carles Santos
Xavier Albertí
Original title: Die Stille vor Bach

Principal cast

In billing order

Christian AtanasiuMayordomo
Féodor AtkineVendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph BillerSelf
Christian BrembeckJ. S. Bach
Àlex BrendemühlCamioner
Georgina CardonaViolonchelista

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