If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010) Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (original title)

Director:

Florin Serban

Writers:

Catalin Mitulescu (written by) and
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Release Date:

26 March 2010 (Romania)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Teenager | Penitentiary | Dormitory | Escape From Prison

Awards:

16 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

George Pistereanu	...	Silviu
Ada Condeescu	...	Ana
Mihai Constantin	...	Penitenciary Director
Clara Voda	...	Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurentiu Banescu	...	The Professor
Cosmin Padureanu	...	Gardian #2

Directed by
Florin Serban

Writing credits
Catalin Mitulescu		(written by) and
Florin Serban		(written by)
Andreea Valean		(play "Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier)

Produced by
Tomas Eskilsson	....	co-producer
Marcian Lazar	....	associate producer
Victor Mavrodineanu	....	associate producer
Catalin Mitulescu	....	producer
Daniel Mitulescu	....	producer
Florentina Onea	....	executive producer
Fredrik Zander	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Marius Panduru

Film Editing by
Sorin Baican
Catalin Cristutiu

Casting by
Emil Slotea

Production Design by
Ana Ioneci

Costume Design by
Augustina Stanciu

Makeup Department
Bianca Boeroiu	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Rebekka Garrido	....	post-production supervisor
Ruxandra Slotea	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adriana Itu	....	second assistant director
Emil Slotea	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Gelu Costache	....	sound recordist
Anders Degerberg	....	sound mastering
Alex Dragomir	....	foley recordist
Andreas Franck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Huhn	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lucas Nilsson	....	foley artist
Florin Sora	....	boom operator
Florin Tabacaru	....	sound designer
Florin Tabacaru	....	sound editor
Sebastian Zsemlye	....	foley & sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Britt Dunse	....	title designer
Philipp Großmann	....	scanning supervisor
Florian Obrecht	....	visual effects
Kolja Schoon	....	scanning operator

Stunts
Cosmin Padureanu	....	stunt double: George Pistereanu
Cosmin Padureanu	....	stunts
Doru Raceala	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
George Dascalescu	....	camera operator
Bogdan Stanciu	....	steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cristina Ghergheli	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Mihai Codleanu	....	assistant editor
Linda Dalin	....	post-production coordinator
Ruxandra Mihai	....	assistant editor
Cristian Nicolescu	....	post production consultant

Music Department
Jean-Paul Wall	....	Trailer Music
Jean-Paul Wall	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Dragos Andrei Chihaescu	....	production assistant (as Dragos Chihaescu)
Irina Stanciulescu	....	post production coordinator

Thanks
Cosmin Padureanu	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Strada Film
• Film i Väst
• Chimney Pot, The
• Romanian National Center for Cinematography (support)
• Swedish Film Institute (support)
• Post Republic, The (support)

Distributors

• Film Movement (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Nettai Museum (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Vértigo Films (2012) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Raza Studio  foley recording and editing

Also Known As:

"Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" - Romania (original title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Romania | Sweden | Germany

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Romania

Company:

Strada Film

Trivia:

Was shortlisted for the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture, but did not make the final selection.

Institutionalized sanity

When I want to whistle, I whistle. That means I would do Anything to get where I want.I am begging everybody, I am humiliating myself I let people spit in my face, but I would do anything, and if by begging,by trying to get the minimum of understanding, I can't do it, then I can give up all the chances of happiness I still have left. Living in the post communist Romania can be a bigger drama for an individual, but that drama is hidden and digs dipper and dipper because it's not shared by anyone. Your mother works in Italy because of financial reasons. She also discovers another world, things that she never had before, and by sending some money home she thinks she's making it up. After her son gets to be institutionalised...she doesn't want to feel the guilt so she pretends to forget. Who's drama is this one?Silviu's?his mother's? his brother's? Everyones!!! But only Silviu feels the burden, only he wants to change something. It is not the result, but his spirit that matter. His spirit is alive, and everybody else is peacefully pleased with the same old. Institutionalized sanity. His sanity manifests itself as insanity in an insane society... There's a strong silence, sometimes we can even listen to it and understand it.