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The Whistlers

2019-09-13 · 97 min · ★ 6.0

Thriller · Crime

A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral whistling language (Silbo Gomero) used on the island of Gomera.

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Directors
Corneliu Porumboiu
Production companies
42 Km Film, Les films du Worso, Komplizen Film, ARTE France Cinéma, Film i Väst, WDR, Filmgate Films, Studioul de Creatie Cinematografica al Ministerului Culturii
Countries
France, Romania, Sweden, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Catrinel MarlonCatrinel MarlonGilda
Vlad IvanovVlad IvanovCristi
Rodica LazărRodica LazărMagda
Sabin TambreaSabin TambreaZsolt
Antonio BuílAntonio BuílKiko
Agustí VillarongaAgustí VillarongaPaco
István TéglásIstván TéglásClaudiu
George PiștereanuGeorge PiștereanuAlin
Julieta SzönyiJulieta SzönyiCristi's Mother
Cristóbal PintoCristóbal PintoCarlito
David AgranovDavid AgranovDenis
Andrei PopescuLiviu
Ioan ComanFather Daniel
Bogdan DumitrescuBogdan
Sergiu CostacheSergiu CostacheToma
Andrei CiopecAndrei CiopecForensic Investigator #2
Ennaamane El HaulailiShop Assistant
Anthony MartinezMobster
Li YiBiyu
Ana Luz ArteagaEl Silbo Whistler

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