Neighboring Sounds

Original title: O Som ao Redor

2012
Unrated
2h 11m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Life in a middle-class neighborhood in present day Recife, Brazil, takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm.

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Drama Thriller

The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 38 wins & 23 nominations total

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Trivia
Official submission of Brazil to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.

Quotes
Tio Anco: Do you carry weapons, Clodoaldo?
Clodoaldo: To be honest, I can't really say yes and I can't really say no. But I'll show you our best weapon, which is this: a cell-phone. Me and the boys have all the contacts we need.
João: So, worst-case scenario, you throw the mobile at the bad guy, is that it?
Clodoaldo: Mr. João, please...
João: Then you run home and get the real thing. I'm just trying to understand.
Clodoaldo: I get it, I get it.

Connections
Featured in Pictures of Ghosts (2023)

Soundtracks
Cadavres En Serie
From the soundtrack of the film
"Le Pacha", by Georges Lautner
Music by Michel Colombier and Serge Gainsbourg
(c) 1968 SIDOMUSIC B. LIECHTI & CIE

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Featured review

10/10

Beautiful Brazilian Movie

This film deals with Brazilian social relations from a historical perspective and innovative focus. The first images show the Big House and the slave quarters on a sugar cane mill where historians say is the origin of Brazilian society. From there the director leads the XXI century to show the consequences in the present time in relations between the descendants of slaves and landowners and the middle and lower classes in the twentieth century neighborhood in the city of Recife (northeast). It's amazing how the director gets not only translate into images different dimensions of social relations in the society but also establishes a link between the past and the present. Nexus that crosses the whole movie and that stressed by a kind of violence that is not present in images but is syncopated by its excellent soundtrack. I'm pretty sure to recommend this film because I believe it worked as a whole to show us an snapshot of the Brazilian society.