Fantasy · Netherlands · 1982 · 1h 37m

On Top of the Whale

Het dak van de Walvis

On Top of the Whale poster
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Cast
Willeke van Ammelrooy as Eve Jean Badin as Luis Fernando Bordeu as Narciso Herbert Curiel as Adam Amber De Grau as Eden Luis Mora as
Crew
Henri Alekan — Director of Photography Valeria Sarmiento — Editor Jorge Arriagada — Original Music Composer Raúl Ruiz — Writer Kees Kasander — Producer Monica Tegelaar — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Raúl Ruiz Director Henri Alekan Director of Photography Valeria Sarmiento Editor Jorge Arriagada Original Music Composer Raúl Ruiz Writer Kees Kasander Producer Monica Tegelaar Producer
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