The Silence Before Bach

Overview

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.

Directed by Pere Portabella

Top cast

C

Christian Atanasiu

Mayordomo

Féodor Atkine

Vendedor de Pianos

G

Georg Christoph Biller

Self

C

Christian Brembeck

J. S. Bach

Àlex Brendemühl

Camioner

G

Georgina Cardona

Violonchelista

L

Lucien Dekoster

Afinador de Pianos

B

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat

Amazona

J

José Pedro García Balada

G

Gertrud Kossler

Clienta

B

Bert Kripstädt

Camarero

Lina Lambert

Madre de Mendelssohn

D

Daniel Ligorio

F. Mendelssohn

J

Jordi Llordella

Amigo de Mendelssohn

F

Ferrán Ruiz

Hijo de Bach

Thomas Sauerteig

Amigo de la Violonchelista

F

Franz Schuchart

Guía Turístico

A

Antonio Serrano

Acompañante del Camionero

F

Fanny Silvestre

Anna Magdalena Bach

M

Mariona Solanas

Hija de Bach

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