On Top of the Whale

Release Date: 1982-02-04

Runtime: 97

Languages: Nederlands | English | Français | Deutsch | Español

Rating: 7

Votes: 12

Genres: Fantasy

Director: Raúl Ruiz

Description: 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. Th...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.Read More

Production Companies:

Film International Rotterdam