in 'Neighbours,' a Jewish family is desperate to flee – The Forward
Director Mano Khalil’s “Neighbours” is a cinematically stunning, deeply unsettling film that is brutal, satiric, and, at times, magical.
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Director Mano Khalil’s “Neighbours” is a cinematically stunning, deeply unsettling film that is brutal, satiric, and, at times, magical.
Mano Khalil is making his return to the festival to present Neighbours in a world premiere. And once again, he is turning his attention towards his native land and the conflict exhausting it, this time through the gaze of a carefree child. (The article continues below - Commercial information) Both simple and cruel, Neighbours’ story homes in on a village on the Turkish-Syrian border at the beginning of the 1980s. As if in a microcosm, preserved by the cruelty and intransigence of an increasingly radicalised society, the inhabitants live together peacefully, viewing their differences as i...