94509
94509

The Silence Before Bach

2007-12-21
7.3
ca 102m
Music
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.

Director

Pere Portabella

Writer

Xavier Albertí

Writer

Pere Portabella

Writer

Carles Santos

Editor

Òskar Gómez

Production Assistant

Helena Goma

johann sebastian bach

Status

Released

Countries

  • Spain

Companies

  • Films 59