The Silence Before Bach

The Silence Before Bach by Pere Portabella

7.30

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.

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Cast

Christian Atanasiu

Christian Atanasiu as Mayordomo

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine as Vendedor de Pianos

Georg Christoph Biller

Georg Christoph Biller as Self

Christian Brembeck

Christian Brembeck as J. S. Bach

Àlex Brendemühl

Àlex Brendemühl as Camioner

Georgina Cardona

Georgina Cardona as Violonchelista

Lucien Dekoster

Lucien Dekoster as Afinador de Pianos

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat as Amazona

José Pedro García Balada

José Pedro García Balada as

Gertrud Kossler

Gertrud Kossler as Clienta

Bert Kripstädt

Bert Kripstädt as Camarero

Lina Lambert

Lina Lambert as Madre de Mendelssohn

Daniel Ligorio

Daniel Ligorio as F. Mendelssohn

Jordi Llordella

Jordi Llordella as Amigo de Mendelssohn

Ferrán Ruiz

Ferrán Ruiz as Hijo de Bach

Thomas Sauerteig

Thomas Sauerteig as Amigo de la Violonchelista

Franz Schuchart

Franz Schuchart as Guía Turístico

Antonio Serrano

Antonio Serrano as Acompañante del Camionero

Fanny Silvestre

Fanny Silvestre as Anna Magdalena Bach

Mariona Solanas

Mariona Solanas as Hija de Bach

Àlvar Triay

Àlvar Triay as Camionero del Bar

Daniela Wick

Daniela Wick as Descendiente de Bach

Jens Wittwer

Jens Wittwer as Hijo Mayor de Bach

Johannes Zametzer

Johannes Zametzer as Carnicero

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