Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 20th, 1986
Original Language:Dutch
Production Companies:Film International Rotterdam
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Cast & Crew
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Amber De Grau
as Eden
On Top of the Whale (1986)
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Plot
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.
