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On Top of the Whale
On Top of the Whale
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ON TOP OF THE WHALE

Het dak van de Walvis

Directed by Raúl Ruiz
Netherlands, 1982
Fantasy, Mystery, Avant-Garde

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.

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.