La Gomera

"Loyalty is not their language."

Sep 13 2019 Not Rated 1h 37m
Comedy, Crime

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.

Plot

Cristi, a Romanian police officer who is a whistle blower for mafia, is going to La Gomera Island to learn an ancestral whistling language. In Romania he is under police surveillance and by using this coded language he will continue to communicate with the mobsters to get Zsolt out of prison. Zsolt is the only one who knows where 30 millions of euros are hidden.

Written by

Corneliu Porumboiu

Directed by

Corneliu Porumboiu

Production Countries

Germany, Sweden, Romania, France

Production Companies

WDR, Filmgate Films, Studioul de Creatie Cinematografica al Ministerului Culturii, Bord Cadre Films, Cinema City, Eurimages, MK2 Films, Film i Väst, Komplizen Film, 42 Km Film, Les films du Worso, Arte Grand Accord, ARTE France Cinéma

Languages

Español, English, Româna

Awards

11 wins & 18 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
6,984
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
76
Popularity
NA