If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle


1h 34m 2010

Brief Synopsis

It is only five days before Silviu's release from the juvenile detention center. But five days becomes an eternity when his mother returns from a long absence to take the younger brother he raised like a son. Moreover, he has fallen in love with a beautiful social worker. With time running out and h

Film Details

Also Known As
Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Film i VSst; Strada Film; The Chimney Group
Distribution Company
Film Movement; Curzon Artificial Eye; Film Movement; Imagine Film Distribution (Ifd); Passion River; Vertigo Films (Spain)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 34m

Synopsis

It is only five days before Silviu's release from the juvenile detention center. But five days becomes an eternity when his mother returns from a long absence to take the younger brother he raised like a son. Moreover, he has fallen in love with a beautiful social worker. With time running out and his emotions boiling over, Silviu closes his eyes... freedom, the wind, the road, his first kiss. Anything can happen to him now.

Film Details

Also Known As
Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Film i VSst; Strada Film; The Chimney Group
Distribution Company
Film Movement; Curzon Artificial Eye; Film Movement; Imagine Film Distribution (Ifd); Passion River; Vertigo Films (Spain)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 34m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of two awards including the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear and the Alfred Bauer Prize for a work of particular innovation at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.

Limited Release in United States Winter January 5, 2011

Released in United States 2010

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2010.)

Released in United States 2011 (Awards Buzz : Best Foreign Language Film )

Released in United States on Video June 7, 2011

Released in United States 2011 (Eastern Bloc Competition)

Released in United States 2011

Released in United States February 2010

Released in United States 2011 (Contemporary World Cinema)

Limited Release in United States Winter January 5, 2011 (New York City.)

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition/Generation) February 11-21, 2010.

Released in United States on Video June 7, 2011

Released in United States February 2010 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition/Generation) February 11-21, 2010.)