Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho
A palpable sense of unease hangs over a single city block in the coastal town of Recife, Brazil. Home to prosperous families and the servants who work for them, the area is ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons. When a private security firm is reluctantly brought in to protect the residents from a recent spate of petty crime, it unleashes the fears, anxieties and resentments of a divided society still haunted by its troubled past. Kleber Mendonca Filho's Neighboring Sounds is a thrilling debut by a major new voice in world cinema.
Reviews
~ Critics' Pick !"A revelatory debut feature." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times
~ "Stunning." - Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
~ "A thrilling discoveryˇ Neighboring Sounds is the work of someone with an acute eye and ear for the push and pull of modern life, and it makes for genuinely compulsive viewing. Kleber Mendon?a Filho is on track to become a major filmmaker in the coming years." - Gavin Smith, Film Comment
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