On Top of the Whale

02/04/1982

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1hr 37min

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Fantasy

STORY

A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study the last speakers of a dying language. That language apparently consists of a single word, which therefore means everything.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Willeke van Ammelrooy
  • Jean Badin
  • Fernando Bordeu
  • Herbert Curiel
  • Amber De Grau

    Director

  • Raúl Ruiz

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Film International Rotterdam

    Production Countries

  • Netherlands

LANGUAGES

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish