The Whistlers. 2019Written and Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Teglas, and Antonio BuílSynopsis:A policeman intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries. However, he must first learn the difficult local dialect, a language which includes hissing […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Whistlers
The Whistlers, 2019.Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga.SYNOPSIS:A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles.The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back to the indigenous Guanche […]
