★★★★☆ Finding its way into several film journalists' top 10 of 2012 rundowns, Neighbouring Sounds (O Som ao Redor, 2012) is Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho's fictional feature debut - his previous stint behind the camera being Critico (2008), a documentary about interrelations between filmmakers and critics (his past profession). Set in his home city of Recife, the spiritual capital of northeast Brazil, Filho defies his relative inexperience with aplomb, pulling together a plethora of interconnected narratives into one coherent portrait of a prissy, middle-class neighbourhood - yet one teetering on the edge of violent conflict.
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- 3/20/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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