La Gomera/The Whistlers,
Corneliu Porumboiu`s latest feature film, will have the world premiere during the 72nd edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
The film was included in the official competition of the prestigious event which will take place next month, from May 14 to 25, 2019.
La Gomera, Corneliu Porumboiu`s first feature film made in and outside Romania, features
Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Menghia (Marlon),
Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Țambrea and the Spanish actors Agustí Villaronga, Antonio Buíl and Cristóbal Pinto.
The shootings took place in Bucharest, on the La Gomera island in Spain and in Singapore.
Cristi, a Romanian corrupted policeman, involved in a 30 million Euro business with the mafia, reaches the La Gomera island, in Spain, in order to learn “El Silbo”, a whistled language used by the local people. The coded language will help him free Zsolt, a controversial businessman arrested in Bucharest and the only one in the gang who knows where the money is hidden.
“A few years ago I watched a documentary about «El SIlbo». This fascinating language which was almost extinct, then rediscovered and used again on La Gomera island fascinated me and inspired me to write this story”, the director said.
La Gomera, written and directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, has the cinematography signed by
Tudor Mircea, the art direction signed by Simona Pădurețu; the costume designer is
Dana Păpăruz and Arantxa Etcheverria Porumboiu is in
charge of the artistic direction.
Corneliu Porumboiu returns to the Croisette with
La Gomera, this time in the official competition. In 2015 he won the Un Certain Regard award of the same section with the feature film
The Treasure / Comoara. In 2009, his feature
Police, Adjective / Plițist, adjectiv, received the Grand Prize of the jury and the FIPRESCI award of the “Un Certain Regard”. In 2006, his feature debut,
12:08 East of Bucharest / A fost sau n-a fost? received the Camera d`Or trophy.
La Gomera is a 42 KM FILM production, in co-production with Les Films du Worso (Franța), Komplizen Film (Germany). The feature film is made with the support of the Romanian Film Center and Eurimages. The co-producers are Arte Grand Accord, Film i Vast andFilmgate Films (Sweden).
The producers are Marcela Mîndru (Ursu) and Patricia Poienaru. The co-producers are Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach and Maren Ade.
The international sales agent is MK2 Films.
The film will be released in the Romanian cinemas this autumn.
