Neighbouring Sounds: Film review and trailer
BRAZILIAN cinema rarely reaches our shores, which is a shame if Neighbouring Sounds is anything to go by.
This first feature from former film critic Kleber Mendonça Filho has echoes of Michael Haneke as it explores the guilty secrets and bitter resentments lurking beneath the calm, respectable surface of a community in affluent Recife.
This first feature from former film critic Kleber Mendonça Filho has echoes of Michael Haneke
The residents have already taken extreme measures to protect themselves from prying eyes before they hire a private security firm offering 24-hour surveillance.
The arrival of security boss Clodoaldo (Irandhir Santos) should put them at ease but it only increases the paranoia among a series of characters haunted by their pasts.
(Cert 12A; 131mins)
Verdict: 4/5