If you meant a different work (e.g., a novel, a short film, or an album) with the same title from 1987, please clarify, and I will adjust the response accordingly.
It seems you're referring to La Baleine Blanche (1987), a French-language film (the title translates to The White Whale ). Here is the proper text on the topic: la baleine blanche 1987
While not a blockbuster, it maintains a high rating among niche audiences (e.g., 8.2/10 on IMDb ) for its lyrical storytelling and performances. soundtrack details imdb.only-tv-v.txt If you meant a different work (e
If you were referring to the 1971 film directed by Pierre Badel, which is a French TV movie adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick: soundtrack details imdb
La Baleine Blanche is also a sharp critique of post-industrial France. Jean is a representative of the old economy—small-scale, local, personal—who is being crushed by the new economy: anonymous, global, and invulnerable. The white whale is capital itself, moving ceaselessly and impersonally across the landscape, leaving only obsessives and bankrupts in its wake. Unlike Melville’s Ahab, who seeks a transcendent revenge against the cosmos, Jean seeks a hopelessly small and modern form of justice—he just wants to see the driver face-to-face, to hold someone accountable.