The life of Karen Carpenter, half of a brother-and-sister pop act during the 1970s, is spotlighted.

The eccentricities of a young girl and her mother illuminate shadows of grief.

Whistle depicts the dreary off-hours of an ultra-technological hit-man who becomes 'involved' in the life of one of his victims. The hit-man's wife is not only fully cognizant of her husband's day job but she is also the cold-blooded contact with his bosses when the conscience crisis sets in!