Screening as part of our season: Brazilian Summer Nights presented alongside CINE BRAZIL.
Sunday's screening of Neighbouring Sounds will include an introduction by Malu Sa.
A dazzling ensemble drama, Neighbouring Sounds is set among a handful of residents in a middle-class street in the northern Brazilian city of Recife. Focusing on the appearance of a gang of private security guards who offer householders the promise of protection, writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho offers revealing fragments of a society frayed by paranoia. A young man wakes up to find his girlfriend’s car has been broken into. A mother struggles to sleep, disturbed by the barking of guard dogs next door. An ageing patriarch seeks refuge from the tumult of the ever-changing city in the rural peace of his one-time plantation hideaway. The results thrillingly defy categorisation. - Edward Lawrenson, BFI
Kleber's latest film THE SECRET AGENT won Best Director and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and we can't wait to screen that when it releases in the UK, in the meantime enjoy his astonishing debut!
For more information on Cine Brazil visit their website here. Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience
Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/film-hub-london
Original title: O Som ao Redor
Original language: Portuguese
Presented with English subtitles
Speaker Bio:
Malu Sa
Malu Sá (Recife, 1989) is an actress, producer, and screenwriter. She has an MA in Acting from East 15 Acting School – University of Essex/UK and a BA in Media Communication from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE/Brazil. She has been working in front of and behind the cameras in films, TV, internet, and streaming, highlighting her acting credit on the Netflix series "Good Morning, Veronica" (Bom dia, Verônica, season 1, 2020). Her recent video work, "Film Locations", was created in London streets, combining her interest in urbanization and film. Later, it expanded to the streets of her hometown: Recife.
