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97 min 1982 IMDb 7.0

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On Top of the Whale

Fantasy, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee
Director Raúl Ruiz
Status Released
Release Date 1982-02-04

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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.

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