Bad Neighbor (film)

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 pig meat, decides to install a mega pig farm in the rural area of the San Javier commune, which would reach a total of 144,000 animals, 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.