

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 was directed by Raúl Ruiz.
On Top of the Whale runs for 1h 37min, and was released in 1982.
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