The Whistlers (2019)

This critically acclaimed, subtly dark comedic film noir has had an incredible festival run. Not only was it nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, it has also been shown at the Toronto Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Seville European Film Festival where it won an award for Best Screenplay. The story follows Cristi, a Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster’s money is hidden. To do this he must learn the difficult ancestral language used on the island of Gomera.

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

Actors: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar

Watch the movie’s trailer below: