1982
- Fantasy
On Top of the Whale
Het dak van de Walvis
Runtime
1h 37m
Countries
- NL
- Netherlands
Languages
- nl
- en
- fr
- de
- es
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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StatusReleased
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Release dateFeb. 4, 1982
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Original LanguageDutch
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Production Companies
- Film International Rotterdam
