On Top of the Whale

Name: On Top of the Whale
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1982-02-04
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Amber De Grau

1982·Fantasy·1h 37m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Raúl Ruiz

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Eve

Jean Badin

Luis

Crew

Raúl Ruiz

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Writer

Valeria Sarmiento

Editor

Henri Alekan

Director of Photography

Kees Kasander

Producer

Popular Reviews

2 reviews

lucas

7.0★ · 10/10/25

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Cópia pertencente ao arquivo da Cineteca Nacional de Chile.

Restauração realizada pela Cinemateca Francesa e François Ede, a partir do negativo original em 16 mm e de uma mixagem sonora magnética em francês e holandês preservadas pelo Eye Filmmuseum. Os trabalhos foram feitos no laboratório Digimage em 2016.

charlie

7.1★ · 06/29/25