The Silence Before Bach (2007)

7.0

Music

102 min min

2007

Christian Atanasiu Féodor Atkine Georg Christoph Biller Christian Brembeck Àlex Brendemühl

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.