THE WHISTLER

EL SILBON: ORIGENES

By Gisberg BERMUDEZ

ALIEF - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2018

A father wrestles with a curse and saving his daughter's soul from a phantasmagorical figure.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival del Cine Venezolano 2018
Winner: Special Press Award for Best Film, Best Make Up, Best Cast
BARS 2018
Best Ibero American Film
Fantaspoa 2019
Latin America
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Horror, Second film
    • Countries
    • VENEZUELA, MEXICO, USA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gisberg BERMUDEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Gisyerg BERMUDEZ, Gisberg BERMUDEZ, Irina DENDIOUK
    • Producer(s)
    • Gisberg BERMUDEZ (La Rue)
    • Synopsis
    • Based on a South American folk tale “The Whistler” is a phantasmagorical figure that wanders at night famed for terrorizing the drunk, the unfaithful and children, whom he’s known to feast upon. In Gisberg’s retelling of this popular legend; in a race against the clock, a father struggles to find the origins of The Whistler’s curse to stop the gradual possession of his daughter by the supernatural entity.