Neighboring Sounds
aka O Som ao Redor
First screened in March 2019
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho. Cast: Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Irma Brown, W.J. Solha, Mauricéia Conceição, Felipe Bandeira, Clara Pinheiro de Oliveira, Mariaangela Valéa, Dida Maia, Arthur Canavarro, Mariguinha Santon, Yuri Holando, Rubens Santos, Bruno Negaum, Rejane Régo, Malu Tavares, Filipe Branco, Clebia Sousa, Nivaldo Nascimento, Alex Brito, Albert Tenorio, Rodrigo Riszla, Martin Palacios, Sandra Possani, Normando Roberto Dos Santos, Isadora Gibson, Allison Castro, Ricardo Julio, Freedom Cavalcanti, Sebastião Formiga. Screenplay: Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Twitter Capsule: Absorbing cinematic equivalent of a great collection of interlocking stories. Pointillism with dark undertones.

VOR:   Subtler and more sinuous than most films of its scope, and less histrionic than most other movies in its genre. Adventurous with structure and sound.



Photo © 2012 The Cinema Guild/Hubert Bals Fund/CinemaScópio

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


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