On Top of the Whale
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- Drama
- Fantasy
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 4, 1982
- Original language
- Dutch
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- Film International Rotterdam
- Cast
- Herbert Curiel,Amber De Grau,Ernie Navarro,Luis Mora,Willeke van Ammelrooy,Fernando Bordeu,Jean Badin
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Writer
- Raúl Ruiz
- Producer
- Monica Tegelaar,Kees Kasander
- Cinematography
- Henri Alekan
- Music
- Jorge Arriagada
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0083783