On Top of the Whale
1982-02-04
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1h 37m
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Fantasy
Drama
User Score
13 votes
Overview
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.
Raúl Ruiz
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Writer
