"Life Is to Whistle"
1998
Directed by Fernando Perez

Sensual and vibrant, Life Is to Whistle weaves a tale of mystical realism surrounding three characters in an allegory of life in Castro's Cuba. Three orphans are torn between passion and repression as they act out the stories shared by a magical narrator. "Its surrealist imagery, inspired by Magritte paintings, lends it a thread of visual zaniness...the throbbing music of Bola de Nieve and Benny More, which punctuates the film, makes its erotic pulse race even faster" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). Spanish with English subtitles. 106 minutes.