On Top of the Whale
7.0/ 10 13 votes 1982-02-04 1h 37m 2 popularity
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.
Director: Raúl Ruiz
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Eve
Jean Badin
Luis
Fernando Bordeu
Narciso
Herbert Curiel
Adam
Amber De Grau
Eden
Luis Mora
Ernie Navarro