Good Neighbors

Good Neighbours (onscreen title, though some movie posters use spelling Good Neighbors) is a 2010 Canadian thriller film written and directed by Jacob Tierney. It is based on the book by Chrystine Brouillet. Plot Louise works as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal where she lives. She has become obsessed with the story of a recent spate of serial murders/rapes, committed in the area, and scours newspapers for stories about each victim. When the latest victim is a co-worker who last spoke of a blond, muscular man she met at the bar, and with whom she had a drink date after she got off work at midnight, she becomes much more fearful. Louise's wheelchair-using neighbour, Spencer, shared her interest to a point but values his privacy and solitude. Victor is an awkward and talkative elementary school teacher who recently moved into their apartment building, and ingratiated himself into their lives, shares her concern. Louise, prefers the company of her cats, Tia Maria and Mozart, to humans. She warms to Victor who walks her home after work after her co-worker was murdered and she was questioned by an officer who fit her co-worker's description of who was supposed to get drinks with after work the night she was murdered. Spencer dispassionately reveals to Victor that he was paralyzed in a car accident that killed his wife, and rejects Victor's sympathy. He later reacts angrily when Victor installs a wheelchair-accessible ramp in the building. Victor, who has developed a crush on Louise, invents an imaginary love life with her and tells his brother at a party that they have become engaged. At the party, Victor surprises Louise with the arrival of his cat from China that his brother brought after its customs quarantine. Louise is instantly enamored with Balthazar. During the cover of night, Spencer sneaks out his window and climbs the fire escape, secretly enjoying the city's nightlife. He spots a woman and is later seen having sex with her appearing unconscious. Later as Spencer returns home via the fire escape, one of Victor's friends spots him. In the morning Victor dismisses the possibility that it could be Spencer. Louise comes by to see Victor's cat.