THE MAN NEXT DOOR

THE MAN NEXT DOOR // El Hombre De Al Lado

Spanish with English Subtitles 18+ ARGENTINA 2009 103 MINS Director: MARIANO COHN, GASTON DUPRAT Cast: WITH RAFAEL SPREGELBURD, DANIEL ARAOZ, EUGENIA ALONSO, INES BUDASSI Awards: Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata 2009 - Winner Best Argentine Feature Film. Sundance Film Festival 2010 - Winner Best Cinematography. 22e Rencontres Cinemas d’Amerique Latine de Toulouse 2010 - Winner Audience Award. XVI Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Catalunya 2010 -Winner Best Director, Best Actor.

What could be better fodder for a black comedy than the stuffy world of modernist design? In The Man Next Door, Leonardo (Rafael Spregelburd) is a successful industrial designer whose perfect world is spoiled when his new neighbor, Victor (Daniel Araoz), starts knocking down a shared wall. Suddenly the symmetry of his beautiful home is gone, and Leonardo is forced to contend with his well meaning but incredibly crude neighbour. This hilarious satire on the obsessions of class and design was filmed at the famous 1955 Curutchet House, south of Buenos Aires, which is the only building in the Americas designed by the renowned architect, Le Corbusier. Visually stunning and with winning performances from the leads as squabbling neighbours, The Man Next Door is a well constructed delight. It also swept Argentina's Sur awards last year, including winning for Best Director and Best Film.