The Whistlers

A detective thriller set in the Canary Islands, where police inspector Cristi must learn coded whistled speech with the help of beautiful Gilda in attempt to free a drug lord from prison and get a bundle of money.

La Gomera
France, Germany, Romania 2019
  • Czech
97 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 10. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Zsolt, a corrupt businessman in Bucharest in league with Spanish gangsters, has been smuggling drug money out of the country in mattresses. Among people on his payroll are his mistress, the glamorous Gilda, and Cristi, a police inspector whose payoffs are left in his mother's cellar. When Zsolt is arrested, the Spaniards concoct a plot to free both him and the latest mattressfuls of cash. Cristi will be seduced by Gilda and taken to the Spanish island of La Gomera to learn El Silbo, the native whistling language.

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Credits
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Screenplay: Corneliu Porumboiu
Cinematography: Tudor Mircea
Editing: Roxana Szel
Production Design: Simona Paduretu
Producer: Patricia Poienaru, Marcela Ursu
Cast: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Agustí Villaronga, Sabin Tambrea, Antonio Buíl, George Pistereanu, Cristóbal Pinto, Sergiu Costache
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  • This film is available until 31. 10. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.