The Whistlers

The Whistlers

Loyalty is not their language.

201997 min6.0 / 10

A stylish neo-noir thriller built on deception and coded communication, where a corrupt cop navigates a labyrinth of criminal intrigue using an obscure whistling language as both plot device and metaphor for hidden meanings.

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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