Neighboring Sounds (2012)
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.
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You have the feeling of community and camaraderie of Neighboring Sounds, with Sebastiana’s refugee commune proving a bustling microcosmos of shared loves, joys, and grief…
Much of the action takes place in Recife, Filho’s hometown which also hosted his debut “Neighboring Sounds” (2012)…
The director of Neighboring Sounds (2012), Aquarius (2016), and Bacurau (2019) had already left a strong impression on me…
Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho's ("Neighboring Sounds," "Bacurau") last film was "Pictures of Ghosts,"…
The films of Kleber Mendonça Filho—Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius, Bacurau, and now The Secret Agent, along with documentaries like Pictures of Ghosts—always start with an enveloping sense of place, most often the city of Recife, his hometown on Brazil’s northeastern coast.
Recife has been the setting of much of Mendonça Filho’s work since 2012’s Neighboring Sounds…
This is a far cry from Filho’s previous offerings, Neighboring Sounds (2012) and the Braga led Aquarius (2016), stepping out of comfort zones into more experimental terrain.
In this same communal spirit, Juliano Dornelles—who worked as a production designer on Kleber Mendonça Filho’s films Aquarius and Neighboring Sounds —is promoted to co-director alongside his collaborator for Bacurau.
His debut, Neighboring Sounds, is a remarkably lived-in tapestry of a working-class neighbourhood in the grips of a heatwave, while Aquarius is a decade-spanning rumination on gentrification and female resilience.
While Blumhouse provided popcorn with their “The Hunt,” cowriter/directors Kleber Mendonça Filho ("Neighboring Sounds") and his "Aquarius" production designer Juliano Dornelles offer a three star Michelin meal with this Cannes 2019 Jury Prize winner.
A world apart from the urbane locals of “Neighboring Sounds” and “Aquarius,” “Bacurau” is nonetheless stunningly shot, with vibrant colors and hot whites selling the tropical climate.
Filho played smartly with paranoia in his 2012 breakthrough Neighboring Sounds, which was set in a gated community dealing with the arrival of a private security firm; the sleek, modernized setting belied a lurking sense of violence.