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Neighboring Sounds, (Kleber Mendonca Filho, 2012)

And now I've gone down a Kleber Mendonca Filho rabbit hole (thanks, as always, to the Criterion Channel for introducing me to new directors). The other night I watched Neighboring Sounds. It probably wasn't fair to watch this film after watching Bacurau, not because Neighboring Sounds isn't a good movie, because it certainly is, but mainly because Bacurau is so outsized in its scope, and general weirdness. Neighboring Sounds shares Bacurau's sense of quiet, although quieter, existential dread. It's set in a quiet residential neighborhood, run by a patriarch who is not who he seems, and featuring a brand new security company, who are also not who they seem to be. Definitely recommended.