| Life Is to Whistle | |
| Starring: | Luis Alberto García Isabel Santos Claudia Rojas |
| Director: | Fernando Pérez |
| Distributor: | ICAIC |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | Cuba |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Music: | Edesio Alejandro |
Life Is to Whistle (Spanish; Castilian: '''La vida es silbar''') is a 1998 Cuban film directed and co-written by Fernando Pérez
The film tells the stories of three end-of-the millennium Cubans, whose lives intersect on the Day of Santa Barbara (the African Saint Chango, ruler of destinies). Mariana, a ballerina, ponders breaking chastity vows she made to land the coveted role of Giselle; Julia has fainting spells each time she hears the word "sex," and Elpidio, a musician, seduces a gringa tourist while Bebe, the narrator, takes the viewer for a taxi ride along the streets of Havana.
Life is to Whistle won the Grand Coral at the Havana Film Festival in 1998.