The Silence Before Bach (2007)

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.
Pere Portabella, Anne Settimó, Jordi Vidal, Montse Garre
Christian Atanasiu, Féodor Atkine, George-Christoph Biller, Christian Brembeck, Àlex Brendemühl, Georgina Cardona, Lucien Dekoster, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, José Pedro García Balada, Gertrud Kossler, Bert Kripstädt, Lina Lambert, Daniel Ligorio, Jordi Llordella, Ferrán Ruiz, Thomas Sauerteig, Franz Schuchart, Antonio Serrano, Fanny Silvestre, Mariona Solanas, Àlvar Triay, Daniela Wick, Jens Wittwer, Johannes Zametzer
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