Almayer's Folly (2011)

Original title

La Folie Almayer

Directed by

Chantal Akerman

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

U

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Dutch trader in 1950s Malaysia searches for hidden pirate treasure. His obsessive quest strains his relationship with his mixed-race daughter and isolates him from the local community.

slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericmeditativebleakdreamlikecontemplativesubdued

What happens

Almayer's Folly (French: La Folie Almayer) is a 2011 drama film directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Stanislas Merhar, Aurora Marion and Marc Barbé. It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1895 debut novel Almayer's Folly, and tells the story of a Dutchman searching for pirate treasure in Malaysia. The setting has been relocated to the 1950s. The film was a coproduction between companies in France and Belgium. It received four Magritte Award nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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