La Gomera

Twisty crime thriller starts off well, setting up an intriguing array of noir-like characters and setting them loose in a convoluted and complicated narrative - unfortunately drastically loses its way once it becomes clear that the sole goal is to confuse and befuddle the viewer unnecessarily; at a certain point, there is really no reason to tell this story in such and opaque and confusing way. Some nice cinematography and a game cast help keep things watchable.

Viewed January 3, 2021.

structured like a 90's tarantino movie, la gomera's defining premise sounds cool on theory, but it's quite dumb when you think about it. criminals employ a whistling language to circumvent police surveillance. but all in all, they whistle like three phrases for literally one occasion, and they could have probably gotten anonymous prepaid phones like the main character actually does in the movie. it IS watchable, but not inspiring or memorable in any way, except for catrinel's stunning looks.

Decent crime movie, but it misses the deeper layers of Porumboiu previous movie Police, Adjective.

Comedy? No way. I expected more fun with whistling. The scenes were well done. The characters had humor "hidden" in themselves.

A bit too much plot, but narrative is solid. We follow narcotics cop operating on both sides of law. Mission seems to be freeing a businesmann - guy who knows where 30 million is hidden. Non-linear stuff isn't as engaging as the whistling language, role-playing - climax at a movie set, finale in Singapore - that creates such a Mann-ish, 70s cool and cold aura. In a way, just a complicated story about lovers who barely meet - fuck in first encounter, whistle a bit, maybe have the whole life ahead

ıslık, polis, uyuşturucu, para, köstebek, Filmi izlediğimde beğenmiştim Şimdi pek bir şey hatırlamıyorum. ilginç bir filmdi. SPOILER Kamera ile izlenmeler, uzak bir yere gidip ıslak çalmayı öğrenen polis, Polisin parayı bodumda saklaması annesinin parayı kiliseye bağışlaması, son gece kurulan tuzak....

Polis-mafya çatışması. Uyuşturucudan gelen parayı çalan polisimiz, bir yandan mafya ile bir yandan da polise çalışmaktadır. Yeni olmayan film, bir ileri bir geri kurgusuyla seyirciyi yoruyor. Karakter analizi çıkaran film, sonlara doğru karmaşıklaşıyor. Kafa bulandırmaca. Ama 1 o kadar keyifli. Kalan sağlam bizimdir. Filmin sonunda, Singapur bahçeleri. Gece gece ıslık çalınmaz. Şeytan doldurur.

Neo-noir-thriller-suspense-drama-comedy-art-movie. Little bit too much of everything.

2. Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festivali.

A quirky thriller with a fractured narrative. Doesn't keep momentum until the end, but has a lot of memorable scenes and performances.

7+, Perdede, Kanyon

Plot is a bit hard to follow

An entertaining and stylish romp.

I haven't seen that many Romanian films, so this was a nice surprise. It's a neo-noir with Tarantino influences; especially in the structure. Characters were interesting. Vlad Ivanov was especially good as the stone-faced lead and reminded me of lead actors from the 60's & 70's. The whistling language was interesting but could have been better utilized in the story. Ending should have been stronger and it was not as clever as hoped. All in all, worth a watch but could have been a lot better.

Drags a bit in the first half, gets better..