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On Top of the Whale (1982)
Directed by Raúl Ruiz
Fantasy, Drama · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Jean Badin
Crew
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Writer
- Raúl Ruiz
- Director of Photography
- Henri Alekan
- Original Music Composer
- Jorge Arriagada
- Editor
- Valeria Sarmiento
- Producer
- Kees Kasander, Monica Tegelaar
Details
- Original title
- Het dak van de Walvis
- Release date
- 1982-02-04
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, German, Spanish, English, French
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- Film International Rotterdam