On Top of the Whale

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• Released: 1982
• Runtime: 97 mins
• Director: Raúl Ruiz
• Studio: Film International Rotterdam
• Genres: Fantasy - Drama

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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in On Top of the Whale:

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Jean Badin

Fernando Bordeu

Herbert Curiel

Amber De Grau

Luis Mora

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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.

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