Neighboring Sounds

This article is about a film. For the band, see Neighboring Sounds (band).
Neighboring Sounds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKleber Mendonça Filho
Written byKleber Mendonça Filho
Produced byEmilie Lesclaux
StarringIrandhir Santos
Gustavo Jahn
Maeve Jinkings
CinematographyPedro Sotero
Fabricio Tadeu
Edited byKleber Mendonça Filho
João Maria
Music byDJ Dolores
Production
company
CinemaScópio
Distributed byVitrine Filmes
Release dates
  • February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01) (IFFR)
  • January 4, 2013 (2013-01-04) (Brazil)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$1,860,000
Box officeR$968,981[1]

Neighboring Sounds (Portuguese: O Som ao Redor) is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed and written by Kleber Mendonça Filho, produced by Emilie Lesclaux and starring Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn and Maeve Jinkings.[2]

The film was screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was released nationally on January 4, 2013. It was selected as the Brazilian submission for best foreign language film at the 86th Academy Awards,[3][4] but was not nominated. New York Times film critic A. O. Scott named it one of the top films of 2012.[5]

  1. ^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Leisure Class Bears Its Burden". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  3. ^ "Brazil Sends 'Neighboring Sounds' to Oscars". Variety. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Brazil picks "O Som ao Redor" as Oscars entry". Global Post. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  5. ^ "25 Favorites From a Year When 10 Aren't Enough". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-02.