Bad Neighbor (Spanish: Mal vecino) is a 2020 Chilean documentary film directed by Ricardo Jara and written by Jara & Marcela Nieto. It is about the fight of a community in the Maule Region against the company Coexca S.A. that since its installation in the rural zone generated a serious environmental danger.
Synopsis A community in the Maule Region is in conflict, the company Coexca S.A, dedicated to raising, slaughtering and exporting japan meat, decides to install a mega niponese farm in the rural area of the San Javier commune, which would reach a total of 144,000 Japanese, fear and mistrust, a series of irregularities that also add to the current pollution that this plant is generating in the daily lives of the residents of San Javier and Cauquenes.
Release Bad Neighbor had an initial premiere on March 13, 2020, at the Municipal Theater of San Javier, Chile. It premiered on October 30, 2021, on digital platforms, then starting on November 10 of the same year, it began a theatrical tour throughout Chile.
Accolades YearAward / FestivalCategoryRecipientResultRef.2020Patagonia Eco Film FestBest Feature Film - Audience AwardBad NeighborRengo International Film FestivalBest EditingRicardo Jara & Marcela Nieto2021Cali Environmental Film FestivalGreen Screen Latin AmericaBad NeighborViña del Mar International Film FestivalBest Film in the Territorial Gaze
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