Hot Movie This Week : If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

In Movie Theaters:	January 5, 2011 (1 theater)
On DVD & Blu-ray:	June 7, 2011
Directed by:	Florin Serban
Starring: more credits	Pistireanu George ... Silviu Ada Condeescu ... Ana Mihai Constantin Mihai Constantin
Distributed by:	Film Movement
Running Time:	94 minutes
MPAA Rating:
Genres:	Drama

Synopsis :

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. If I want to Whistle, I Whistle is a Romanian film about a young man who is about to get out of a juvenile detention center, when he takes a woman hostage in a desperate attempt to save his little brother.

The trailer is in some crazy language (not English, therefore crazy), but from what Ive read of the film, the boy getting out of jail is hoping to take care of his younger brother upon his release. He has, it seems, spent about seven years in jail and his mother has been absent both from his and his brothers lives, but she suddenly appears and wishes to take the younger brother away. He has a crush on a young woman who is a research project in the prison, and in he ends up taking her hostage. I dont fully understand the reasoning, but it looks intense.

The film is Romanias official selection for the 2011 Academy Awards, so at least they believe its good. After seeing the trailer, Im thinking they may be right, but then, they are Romanians. Thats almost as bad as Canadian. Canadas official selection for the Academy Awards is Space Jam, which is not Canadian, featured Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny, and the film came out at least 15 years ago. The nice thing is the Academy tells them they won, gives them each a Snickers, and everyone wins.