On Top of the Whale (1982)
PG-132/4/1982Fantasy1h 37m
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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
Kees Kasander
Producer
Jorge Arriagada
Composer
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Willeke van Ammelrooy
Eve
Jean Badin
Luis
Fernando Bordeu
Narciso
Herbert Curiel
Adam
Amber De Grau
Eden
Luis Mora
Ernie Navarro
