| On Top of the Whale | |
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| Directed by | Raúl Ruiz |
| Written by | Raúl Ruiz |
| Produced by | Kees Kasander Monica Tegelaar |
| Starring | Willeke van Ammelrooy |
| Cinematography | Henri Alekan |
| Edited by | Valeria Sarmiento |
| Music by | Jorge Arriagada, performed by members of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Distributed by | Rotterdam International Film Festival |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Languages | Dutch French English Spanish German |
On Top of the Whale (Dutch: Het dak van de walvis) is a 1982 Dutch surrealist/magical realistic fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz while he was in exile and "...is one of his most delirious and ambitious hoax-like fictions".[1]
The film employs the use of six different languages, including an invented one. The story follows a Dutch anthropologist and his wife and child who are invited to the house of a communist millionaire in Patagonia (an area located in Chile and Argentina) to study the last two surviving Yachanes Indians.[2][3][4][1]
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- ^ "Le Cinéma de Raoul Ruiz: Het dak van de Walvis". lecinemaderaoulruiz.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Darnton, Nina (2008). "NY Times: Het dak van de Walvis". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2009.