2010 · drama · prison
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Directed by Florin Şerban1h 34m2010
A teenager prisoner awaits his release when two weeks before that happens he's told that his mother is returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a Sociology student, Ana, working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Our read: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · prison entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / prison, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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