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The Power of Silence

The Power of Silence

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.

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The Power of Silence

Overview
Cast
Crew
Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 2017

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, Music, TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

Pau: la força d’un silenci

Production Companies

Minoria Absoluta, TV3, EiTB

Director

Manuel Huerga

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 2017

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama
Music
TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

Pau: la força d’un silenci

Production Companies

Minoria Absoluta
TV3
EiTB

Director

Manuel Huerga

Keywords

southern france

franco regime (francoism)

catalonia, spain

teacher student relationship

pyrenees mountain ridge

post world war ii

music professor

Description

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.