Leonardo,asuccessfulindustrialdesigner,liveswithhisfamilyinanarchitecturalwonder,amidcenturyLeCorbusierhome.Onemorning,hewakestoanirksomenoiseandisappalledtodiscoverthatworkmennextdoorareconstructingalargewindowthatfacesdirectlyintohishome.Leonardoprotests,usinganumberofexcuses(privacy,buildingcodes,hiswife),inanattempttocoercehisneighbor,Victor,intoscrappinghisplan.ButVictorjustwantsapatchofsuntocatchsomerays.Thus,oneman’slightisanotherman’sblight. Enamoredofarchitecture,thefilmismeticulouslydesigned.MarianoCohnandGastónDupratgiveitacarefullycraftedweirdnessaswellasafigurativequality.ItscaustichumorcomesincontemplatingwhythewindowcompletelyunderminesLeonardo.Doesitrevealhisarrogance,affectation,andlackofcompassion;ordispelhisbourgeoisillusionofpower?TheManNextDooroffersabitingcritiqueofmoralshallowness—andwhathappenswhenthoudostnotlovethyneighbor’swindow.