THE WHISTLERS
by Corneliu Porumboiu
synopsis
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarked by the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of treachery and deception. A secret whistling language spoken on the Spanish island of La Gomera might just be what they need to pull it off.
| international title: | The Whistlers |
| original title: | La Gomera |
| country: | Romania, France, Germany |
| sales agent: | mk2 films |
| year: | 2019 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| film run: | 97' |
| release date: | RO 13/09/2019, FR 8/01/2020, BE 15/01/2020, CH 15/01/2020, NL 30/01/2020, DE 13/02/2020, AT 14/02/2020, IT 27/02/2020, UK 17/04/2020, ES 18/03/2021 |
| screenplay: | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| cast: | Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Teglas, Cristóbal Pinto, Antonio Buil, Sergiu Costache, Andrei Ciopec |
| cinematography by: | Tudor Mircea |
| film editing: | Roxana Szel |
| art director: | Simona Paduretu |
| costumes designer: | Dana Paparuz |
| producer: | Patricia Poienaru, Marcela Ursu |
| co-producer: | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Sylvie Pialat, Olivier Père, Benoît Quainon, Sean Wheelan |
| associate producer: | Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade |
| line producer: | Fran Borgia, Mihai Busuioc |
| production: | 42 Km Film, Les Films du Worso, Komplizen Film |
| backing: | Romanian National Film Center (RO), Eurimages |
| distributor: | Ro Image SRL, Diaphana Distribution, Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie België, Filmcoopi, Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie, Alamode Film, Valmyn, Curzon Artificial Eye, MCF - MegaCom Film, Surtsey Films |
