On Top of the Whale

On Top of the Whale (1982)

Het dak van de Walvis

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.

Date of release
1982-02-04
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Director
Raúl Ruiz

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Interesting facts

On Top of the Whale is a 1982 Dutch surrealist/magical realistic fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz while he was in exile and "...is one of his most delirious and ambitious hoax-like fictions".

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