Life Is to Whistle

Life Is to Whistle
Directed byFernando Pérez
Written byFernando Pérez
Humberto Jimenez
StarringLuis Alberto García
Isabel Santos
Claudia Rojas
Music byEdesio Alejandro
Distributed byICAIC
Release date
  • 1998 (1998) (Cuba)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCuba
LanguageSpanish

Life Is to Whistle (Spanish: La vida es silbar) is a 1998 Cuban film directed and co-written by Fernando Pérez

Plot synopsis

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The film tells the stories of three end-of-the millennium Cubans, whose lives intersect on the Day of Santa Barbara (the African Saint Chango, ruler of destinies). Mariana, a ballerina, ponders breaking chastity vows she made to land the coveted role of Giselle; Julia has fainting spells each time she hears the word "sex," and Elpidio, a musician, seduces a gringa tourist while Bebe, the narrator, takes the viewer for a taxi ride along the streets of Havana.

Accolades

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Life is to Whistle won the Grand Coral at the Havana Film Festival in 1998.

See also

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