The Silence Before Bach
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.
Released: 2007
Genre:
Drama
Casts:
Àlex Brendemühl, Féodor Atkine, Jordi Llordella, Christian Brembeck, Georg C. Biller, Daniel Ligorio, Christian Atanasiu, Ferrán Ruiz, Georgina Cardona, Lucien Dekoster, Antonio Serrano, José Pedro García Balada, Bert Kripstädt, Lina Lambert, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Franz Schuchart, Thomas Sauerteig, Mariona Solanas, Fanny Silvestre, Daniela Wick, Àlvar Triay, Johannes Zametzer, Gertrud Kossler, Jens Wittwer