Film Review: Neighbouring Sounds (15) (Brazil 2012) (Director: Kleber Mendonca Filho) (Portuguese, English & Mandarin with English Subtitles) Saturday 13.04.2013 20:30 The Filmhouse Cinema Screen Two, Edinburgh 

This is a film set in the northern Brazilian city of Recife. The film consists of a triptych of very loosely connected stories which are set within a small middle-class community within said city.

The film had an intriguing use of sound, which assisted with conveying that within urban environments people do have to exist more and more in cramped conditions where you cannot help but have the sound of others lives bleed into your own.

The film also appeared to be well acted and nicely shot. Sadly beyond that I don't see there being anything to recommend this film. There appeared to be a distinct lack of focus, narrative direction or plot of any description.

Perhaps it is an abstract mood piece, Sadly I don't think this was the intention either. If it were it did not arouse anything on me beyond annoyance, frustration and bemusement.

I would not recommend this to anyone.

Rating: 3/10.