The Whistlers
Loyalty is not their language.
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 21, 2020
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Vlad Ivanov & Catrinel Marlon | |
| Directed by | Corneliu Porumboiu |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Total Count: 100
4 stars out of 5 -- [E]verything about this comedy-drama pops and snaps. Also zesty are Porumboiu’s nods to classic Hollywood, via references to Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and even Charles Victor...
The Guardian
Rating: 4/5 --
Porumboiu's goal is more obvious - having fun, with a candy-brightness that fans of his low-key oeuvre may take a moment to adjust to.
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Financial Times
There’s a lot of fun to be had in the simple eccentricity of the premise, which is pulled back from silliness by the cast’s underplaying and Porumboiu’s natural inclination to tamp proceedings back into drollery.
Variety
Rating: A- --
"The Whistlers" is a hugely entertaining gem -- a witty, stylish caper with a breathtaking finale.
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Buffalo News
Rating: 4/5 --
Smart, well structured, and slick, The Whistlers is the film you should make someone watch who has said Romanian cinema isn't for them.
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The Arts Desk
Rating: 4/5 --
Romanian film-maker Corneliu Porumboiu dispenses with the miserabilism associated with his country's cinema in this tart romp about a tangle of double crossings.
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Observer (UK)
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The effort's worth it, if only for the pleasure of seeing one of the world's finest filmmakers let his hair down and play his justified paranoia for genre thrills.
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Boston Globe
Product Description:
Aging police officer and mafia double-agent Cristi (Vlad Ivanov) ventures to Gomera, a remote territory in the Canary Islands, on an assignment to liberate a shady businessman from prison. However, he must first learn a dialect comprised entirely of whistles, used by mafia agents to covertly communicate, in order to be successful on his mission. He also crosses paths with Gilda (Catrinel Marlon), a former one night stand who turns out to be his mission partner. The black comedy is directed by Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu.
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- UPC: 876964016919
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