Neighbouring Sounds

This exploration of a single street of wealthy dwellings builds slowly as it juxtaposes individuals of different classes. Hints early on that all is not well in the neighborhood give the rest of the film a chilling though subtle sort of dread. The incorporation of jarring, hyper-realistic moments ratchets up the tension as the film moves toward its sobering conclusion. This terrific debut from Filho leaves me anticipating his next film.

It is not a thriller, yet it does an excellent job of gripping you to the max.

This was really good. Loved the look of it, and of course the sound. Some scenes that I'm not sure about, will have to rewatch.

Viewed April 2, 2017.

it unnecessarily narrates stories about those rich people (and in a dull way like even in Brazilian soap operas) in order to conceal this fight between two cultures and classes, which also lacks this hidden tension aimed by the director. only positive cinematic exprerience was the scene in the abandoned cinema, the rest of the movie couldn't even explain its relation with "sounds".

Excellent sound editing, naturally, but I also liked the slow burn plot.

A gorgeous sound-image build up. The untold story of Brazil.

Really strange, fascinating, made stranger by the absolutely wild, out-of-left-field ending. The character played by Jinkings was my favourite so it was a little disappointing that she ultimately feels so separate from everyone else. But I’m sure I missed all the subtext that ties it together. Other than that, terrific movie

Worthwhile thriller(ish?) focusing on juxtaposition of cultures in a gentrifying neighbourhood.

Nicely calculated and understated. At last, a grown-up Brazilian film. For Brazilians, it is something very familiar; and if you're the type who pays attention to inconspicuous details, it will also be very meaningful.

Filho is a director who understands the importance of juxtaposition, and possesses the vision in which to display it inventively, creating a striking cinematic experience. He takes us away from the usual tropes of realism, expanding outwards, not simply exploring and manipulating the minutia with his camera. This film is, more than anything, a precise and calculated piece of art; modern and poetic. Neighbouring Sounds successfully creates a realistic world within the realms of poetics.

Star Rating: ★★★★

An urban thriller that suggests a lot, but, like the best horror films, is more paranoid than truly frightening, more provocative than just horrifying. It doesn't matter if there is any real threat here -- what matters is what the director is doing to make us feel uncomfortable and unease. Kleber's fiction debut provides the most well-informed, exquisite travelling shots of 2012.

A lilting walk through the lives of maids, security guards and their middle class masters on a Recife street undergoing the pressures of development. Beautiful photography and sound (Mendonça Filho also designed the sound). The film reminded me of Altman's Short Cuts both in form and in the way the lives of its characters interact with each other so seamlessly and represent the problems and tensions of the modern world around them. Outstanding first feature.

this is really happening????

Climático tratado sobre a vida urbana entre a paranóia e sufocação que lhe é inerente, com estupendo trabalho entre som e imagem.

It feels like Filho just sort of threw his hands up at the last few pages of his script and drastically changed the tone of his film to (unnecessary) "dramatic mode", and there are a few other hackneyed touches scattered throughout (the blood dream *rolls eyes*), but otherwise this was a refreshing change of pace from the usual "gritty" glue-sniffing handheld verite stuff i expect from Brazilian cinema, for the most part consequentially feeling all the more genuinely socially realistic.

Fantastic!!!