PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Corneliu Poromboiu, director of the film La Gomera.
After Cannes 2019′ success, Corneliu Poromboiu brings his La Gomera at the 37th Torino Film Festival in the Festa Mobile section. Accompanied by his “dark lady” Catrinel Marlon, the rumenian director reveal the genesis of the film and the idea of building a film around “silbo”, a strange and whistled language people speak in a small island close to Tenerife, La Gomera. By homaging the classics of the thriller and noir genre, Poromboiu creates a neo-noir film with a touch of irony and comedy.
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