Prades, France, 1940s. The exiled Catalan cellist Pau Casals decides not to perform any more in public until the fall of the dictatorship that oppresses Spain. Pierre, a young Frenchman studying with Casals, tries to convince him to celebrate an extraordinary concert as a tribute to freedom.
La fuerza de un silencio, Pablo Casals, A Força Do Silêncio
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concert with pau tonight... ❤️he played 12 songs for all 6 of his students and I’m the only one who showed because he’s in exile to protest against Franco’s fascist dictatorship and the West’s complacency in it. 😢 love him
This is whiplash but wholesome <3
Beautiful story and i cried several times, this man was an angel i hope he is resting in peace because he may very well be one of the only people who ever lived who really deserves it
Manuel Huerga directs a 97 minute biopic starring Joan Pera as a Catalan cellist who ended up in exile, due to his anti-fascist views.
It's a made for television film and you won't need to be told that when you sit down to watch it, but it isn't really fair to go on too much about it not being cinema standard.
The television format and budget reflect, are worked with to make something that winds up stately and low key for those looking for such.
At first I wanted more time with his world war 2 history, but its still fair to make it majority post war, as afterall Franco was still present.
This was made for people with no…
Lacking a bit in emotional depth, but a very interesting story about one of the biggest voices of Catalunya ever and one of the greatest cellists of all time. The war angle is not played as often as Pau's love for music, which seems at the same time fitting and not. It feels like there are no stakes involved in his protest, which was very much not the case, as he was exiled from his homeland for 12 years at this point. He was an ardent supporter of republicanism, but it doesn't show at all.
My main issue with Spanish movies like this is, as always, the dubbing. The movie was made in the south of France, so a lot of French actors were involved, and their lines are dubbed in Catalan, which is unfortunate as the dubbing style is very unnatural, so it removes from the experience. I don't understand why they feel the need to do this...
