On Top of the Whale
1982
⏱️ 97 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 NL
Fantasy
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
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Writer
Raúl Ruiz
Producer
Kees Kasander, Monica Tegelaar
Production
Film International Rotterdam