Life is to Whistle
- Original title
- La vida es silbar
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
- Cuba
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Luis Alberto García
- Isabel Santos
- Coralia Veloz
- Rolando Brito
- Claudia Rojas
- Joan Manuel Reyes
- Ana Victoria Pérez
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker Julia always faints after hearing a certain word; and pot-smoking percussionist Elpidio was abandoned by his mother, coincidentally named Cuba, some time ago and has not yet gotten over the loss.
- Awards
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1999: Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize1999: Goya Awards: Best Foreign Picture Spanish Language1999: Rotterdam Film Festival: Critic Award.1998: Havana International Film Festival: Grand Coral - Best Film.1998: Havana Film Festival: Best Film (Grand Coral - First Prize).
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