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.
Unfortunately the movie The Silence Before Bach is not yet available on HBO Max.
Writing | Pere Portabella | Writer |
Directing | Pere Portabella | Director |
Writing | Carles Santos | Writer |
Editing | Òskar Gómez | Editor |
Writing | Xavier Abertí | Writer |
Camera | Tomàs Pladevall | Director of Photography |
Directing | Anne Settimó | Script Supervisor |
Art | José Tirado | Assistant Property Master |
Camera | Jordi Bransuela | Focus Puller |
Camera | Jordi Florensa | First Assistant Camera |
Camera | Helena Goma | Still Photographer |
Lighting | Diego Moyano | Electrician |
Production | Pascual Otal | Line Producer |
Camera | Juan Pablo Ojeda | Second Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Debora Witte | Electrician |
Art | Quim Roy | Art Direction |
Lighting | Manel Fernández | Gaffer |
Camera | Ramón Sánchez | Steadicam Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Ester Palaudàries | Costume Assistant |
Production | Pere Portabella | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Laura Pérez | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Eva Sanz | Hairstylist |
Production | Estitxu Elizasu | Assistant Production Manager |
Production | Pascual Otal | Production Manager |
Camera | Miquel Auguet | Second Assistant Camera |
Crew | Gema Luque | Video Assist Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Claudia de Anta | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Albert Manera | Sound |
Camera | Adrià Egea | First Assistant "B" Camera |
Sound | Jaume Puig | Dolby Consultant |
Camera | Charly Guerrero | Grip |
Crew | Bernat Puig | Special Effects |
Camera | Celine Gravez | Second Assistant Camera |
Production | Helena Goma | Production Assistant |
Directing | Montse Garre | Second Assistant Director |
Directing | Jordi Vidal | First Assistant Director |
Sound | Biel Cabré | Boom Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Montse Figueras | Costume Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Montse Figueras | Costume Design |
Camera | Alba Alarcón | Camera Trainee |
Sound | Lito Iglesias | Musician |
Sound | Antonio Serrano | Musician |
Sound | Georg Christoph Biller | Musician |
Sound | Georgina Cardona | Musician |
Sound | Daniel Ligorio | Musician |
Production | Xavier Garcia Ruano | Production Assistant |
Sound | Christian Brembeck | Musician |
Sound | Àlex Brendemühl | Musician |
Sound | Ricard Casals | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |