Die Stille vor Bach (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Pere Portabella

Escritores:

Xavier Albertí (writer)
Pere Portabella (writer)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 diciembre 2007 (Spain)

Género:

Musical

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Organ Playing | Falling Piano | Female Full Frontal Nudity | Subway | Classical Music

Premios:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Blessed Stillness Without Silence

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Reparto

Christian Atanasiu	...	Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine	...	Vendedor de pianos
George-Christoph Biller	...	Himself
Christian Brembeck	...	J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl	...	Camioner
Georgina Cardona	...	Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster	...	Afinador de pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	...	Amazona
Gertrud Kossler	...	Clienta
Bert Kripstädt	...	Camarero
Lina Lambert	...	Madre de Mendelssohn
Daniel Ligorio	...	F. Mendelssohn
Jordi Llordella	...	Amigo de Mendelssohn
Ferran Ruiz	...	Hijo de Bach
Thomas Sauerteig	...	Amigo de la violonchelista
Franz Schuchart	...	Guía turístico
Antonio Serrano	...	Acompañante del camionero
Fanny Silvestre	...	Anna Magdalena Bach
Mariona Solanas	...	Hija de Bach
Àlvar Triay	...	Camionero del Bar
Daniela Wick	...	Descendiente de Bach
Jens Wittwer	...	Hijo mayor de Bach
Johannes Zametzer	...	Carnicero

Dirigida por
Pere Portabella

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Xavier Albertí		writer
Pere Portabella		writer
Carles Santos		writer

Producida por
Helena Goma	....	assistant producer
Pascual Otal	....	line producer
Pere Portabella	....	producer

Fotografía por
Tomàs Pladevall

Montaje por
Òskar Gómez

Dirección artística
Quim Roy

Diseño de vestuario por
Montse Figueras

Departamento de maquillaje
Claudia de Anta	....	makeup artist
Eva Sanz	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Estitxu Elizasu	....	assistant production manager
Pascual Otal	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Montse Garre	....	second assistant director
Anne Settimó	....	assistant director: continuity
Jordi Vidal	....	first assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Biel Cabré	....	boom operator
Ricard Casals	....	sound re-recording mixer
Albert Manera	....	sound
Xavier López Souto	....	post-sound editor (as Xavier Souto)

Efectos especiales
Bernat Puig	....	special effects

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Miquel Auguet	....	second assistant camera
Jordi Bransuela	....	focus puller
Adrián Egea	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Manel Fernández	....	gaffer
Jordi Florensa	....	first assistant camera
Helena Goma	....	still photographer
Carles Guerrero	....	grip
Juan Pablo Ojeda	....	second assistant camera
Ramón Sánchez	....	Steadicam operator

Departamento de vestuario
Montse Figueras	....	costume supervisor

Departamento de Música
George-Christoph Biller	....	musician
Christian Brembeck	....	musician
Àlex Brendemühl	....	musician
Georgina Cardona	....	musician
Lito Iglesias	....	musician
Thomanechor Leipzig	....	musician
Daniel Ligorio	....	musician
Antonio Serrano	....	musician

Otros miembros del equipo
Xavier Garcia Ruano	....	production assistant
Anne Settimó	....	script supervisor

Compañías Productores

• Films 59

Distribuidores

• Medula Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Shadow Distribution (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Sherlock Films (2008) (Spain) (all media)

Otras Compañías

• Agencia Marta Flores  extras casting
• Cámara Rent  camera equipment provided by
• El Camaleón Sonido  sound post-production
• Sonoblok  sound re-recording

También conocida como:

El silenci abans de Bach (Spain: Catalan title)
El silencio antes de Bach (Spain: Castilian title)
The Silence Before Bach (USA) (new title)

Duración:

Spain:102 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español | Alemán | Catalan

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

France:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Compañía:

Films 59

Blessed Stillness Without Silence

If Luis Bunuel cared about music, he would have made this movie. Writer/Producer/Director Pere Portabella was the producer of Bunuel's "Viridiana," so it's OK to draw a line between their approaches to film.

The "Silence Before Bach" is a series of vignettes, somewhat like the "Phantom of Liberty" or "Russian Ark," devoted to the life-enhancing qualities of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Some sequences are modern-day, some are in period costume. Some are flatly reportorial, some flirt with Vermeer-like poetry. Things never get too heavy, and sometimes they rise to a crackling Catalan wit.

I'm indebted to the film for introducing me to the writings of the mad Romanian writer Emil Cioran, who noted tortuously that "Bach's music is the only argument proving that the creation of the Universe can't be regarded as a complete failure."

At the time of this writing, links to external reviews appear to be skimpy. However, there are reviews of this film in the NY Times, Post and Sun, New York Magazine and the New Yorker, the Village Voice, the New Republic and Film Comment. Hopefully the IMDb will get around to roping some of them in eventually.

Unfortunately, Pere Portabella will not allow his films to be released on video or DVD, so if this one pops up in a theater near you, don't miss it.