On Top of the Whale

On Top of the Whale

7.0

Feb 04 1982

2h 37m

Fantasy

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.

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Eve

Jean Badin

Jean Badin

Luis

Fernando Bordeu

Fernando Bordeu

Narciso

Herbert Curiel

Herbert Curiel

Adam

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