The Whistlers

Corneliu Porumboiu / RO, FR, DE, SE, 2019 / 97 min.

Thirty million Euro in cash stowed in a mattress, a femme fatale, a bent copper and a gangster boss who wants to strike it big.  These are the ingredients of Corneliu Poromboiu’s latest film, a black comedy about gangsters who communicate using a secret whistling language. The film previously screened at the IFFR and the Cannes Film Festival.