On Top of the Whale (1982)

★ 7.0 1h 37m IMDb
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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.

On Top of the Whale

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Cast

Willeke van Ammelrooy
Willeke van Ammelrooy as Eve Age 82 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Jean Badin
Jean Badin as Luis Age 78
Director Raúl Ruiz
Cast Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Amber De Grau, Luis Mora, Ernie Navarro

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