Film
On Top of the Whale
1982Directed by Raúl Ruiz
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
About On Top of the Whale
- Fantasy
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Writer
- Raúl Ruiz
- Original title
- Het dak van de Walvis
