Jonah and the Pink Whale (Spanish: Jonás y la ballena rosada) is a 1995 Mexican-Bolivian co-production film directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia.

Jonah and the Pink Whale was the Bolivian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film competition in the 68th Academy Awards, but it did not receive an Oscar nomination.

The film has as its protagonist Jonás Larriva, a thirty-year-old reluctant to professional success and harassed by his elitist political family.

In 1984, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a city affected by the economic crisis and the growth of the drug trafficking industry, Jonás Larriva, a professor married to the daughter of the owner of a funeral home, is a victim of Patroclo's annoying proposals, his father-in-law, to improve his lifestyle, financially.

As Jonás comforts her we see the dangerous proximity between him and his sister-in-law, as well as the sexual freedom that emanates from Julia, unlike Talía, her sister.

Ira violently hands the album to Jonás, acknowledging that he knows about their incestuous relationship and tells him that the next day he will start working on the mausoleum.

During Julia's trip, she sends letters and it is known that in the United States she is dating Benjamín Grigotá, the son of a drug trafficker.

Mesa's relation with Juan Carlos was initially cold, due to negative reception to the film, but it was later revealed that his talent was undermined.

[1] In 1993 he reappeared at Carlos Mesa's office with a script and the decision to send it to the Ibero-American competition organized by the government of Mexico City and the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema directed by García Márquez.

Juan Carlos traveled to Mexico in order to receive the Opera Prima award and returned with US$100,000 and a commitment from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) to contribute an additional 250 thousand dollars for a co-production between the two countries, with Mesa and Juan Carlos atting an additional US$100,000 to a bank account.

[1] On March 15, 1994, filming in "la casona" was ready to start, the old residence of Don Ramón Darío Gutiérrez and the future Museum of History of Santa Cruz, which was selected.

The movie ended up being a launching pad for the careers of actors such as María Renée Prudencio (who was already an actress) and Milton Cortez.