The Silence Before Bach
102 mins
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.
Christian Atanasiu
Mayordomo
Christian Brembeck
J. S. Bach
Georgina Cardona
Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster
Afinador de Pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
Amazona
Gertrud Kossler
Clienta
Bert Kripstädt
Camarero
Daniel Ligorio
F. Mendelssohn
Jordi Llordella
Amigo de Mendelssohn
Ferrán Ruiz
Hijo de Bach
Franz Schuchart
Guía Turístico
Antonio Serrano
Acompañante del Camionero
Fanny Silvestre
Anna Magdalena Bach
Mariona Solanas
Hija de Bach
Daniela Wick
Descendiente de Bach
Jens Wittwer
Hijo Mayor de Bach
Johannes Zametzer
Carnicero
Carles Santos
Writer
Òskar Gómez
Editor
Xavier Albertí
Writer
Anne Settimó
Script Supervisor
José Tirado
Assistant Property Master
Jordi Bransuela
Focus Puller
Jordi Florensa
First Assistant Camera
Helena Goma
Still Photographer
Diego Moyano
Electrician
Pascual Otal
Line Producer
Juan Pablo Ojeda
Second Assistant Camera
Debora Witte
Electrician
Quim Roy
Art Direction
Manel Fernández
Gaffer
Ramón Sánchez
Steadicam Operator
Ester Palaudàries
Costume Assistant
Laura Pérez
Assistant Makeup Artist
Eva Sanz
Hairstylist
Estitxu Elizasu
Assistant Production Manager
Pascual Otal
Production Manager
Miquel Auguet
Second Assistant Camera
Gema Luque
Video Assist Operator
Claudia de Anta
Makeup Artist
Albert Manera
Sound
Adrià Egea
First Assistant "B" Camera
Jaume Puig
Dolby Consultant
Charly Guerrero
Grip
Bernat Puig
Special Effects
Celine Gravez
Second Assistant Camera
Helena Goma
Production Assistant
Montse Garre
Second Assistant Director
Jordi Vidal
First Assistant Director
Biel Cabré
Boom Operator
Montse Figueras
Costume Supervisor
Montse Figueras
Costume Design
Alba Alarcón
Camera Trainee
Lito Iglesias
Musician
Antonio Serrano
Musician
Georg Christoph Biller
Musician
Georgina Cardona
Musician
Daniel Ligorio
Musician
Xavier Garcia Ruano
Production Assistant
Christian Brembeck
Musician
Ricard Casals
Sound Re-Recording Mixer