Almayer's Folly (film)

Almayer's Folly
French poster
Directed by	Chantal Akerman
Screenplay by	Chantal Akerman
Based on	Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad
Produced by	Patrick Quinet
Starring	Stanislas Merhar Aurora Marion Marc Barbé
Edited by	Claire Atherton
Music by	Steve Dzialowski
Production companies	Liaison Cinématographique Paradise Films
Distributed by	Shellac
Release date	28 September 2011 (2011-09-28)
Countries	France Belgium
Languages	French English

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.^[1] The setting has been relocated to the 1950s.^[2] The film was a coproduction between companies in France and Belgium. It received four Magritte Award nominations.^[3]

Cast

Stanislas Merhar as Almayer
Marc Barbé as Captain Lingard
Aurora Marion as Nina
Zac Andrianasolo as Daïn
Sakhna Oum as Zahira
Solida Chan as Chen
Yucheng Sun as Captain Tom Li
Bunthang Khim as Ali

Production

The film was initially under development for Akerman's Belgian company Paradise Films together with Paulo Branco's Alfama Films for a budget of 3,475,000 euro, with a filming start date set to March 2011.^[2] Production was eventually led by Patrick Quinet of France's Liaison Cinématographique together with Paradise Films and Artémis Productions. The project received 350,000 euro in advance from the French National Center of Cinematography and 465,000 euro from the Belgian French Community Film and Audiovisual Centre. In addition it was supported through pre-sales investment by Canal+ and CinéCinéma.^[1]

Principal photography took place in Cambodia. Filming started 10 November and ended 24 December 2010.^[1]

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 87% out of 15 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 9.3/10.^[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 92 out of 100 based on 6 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lemercier, Fabien (14 December 2010). "Akerman shoots Almayer's Folly". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b Lemercier, Fabien (14 June 2010). "CCA Film Selection Committee backs Lanners and Akerman". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ Leurquin, Anne-Sophie (2 February 2013). "Quatre Magritte pour " A perdre la raison "". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Almayer's Folly. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^ "Almayer's Folly". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

External links

Films directed by Chantal Akerman

Hotel Monterey (1973)
Hanging Out Yonkers (1973)
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
News from Home (1977)
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978)
Dis-moi (1980)
Toute une nuit (1982)
Golden Eighties (1986)
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989)
Les trois dernières sonates de Franz Schubert (1989)
Night and Day (1991)
D'Est (1993)
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels (1994)
A Couch in New York (1996)
Sud (1999)
La Captive (2000)
De l'autre côté (2002)
Tomorrow We Move (2004)
Down There (2006)
Almayer's Folly (2011)
No Home Movie (2015)

Category

v t e Joseph Conrad (works)
Novels and novellas	Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the "Narcissus" Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon Falk Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent Under Western Eyes Freya of the Seven Isles Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Nature of a Crime The Rover Suspense
Short stories	"The Idiots" "An Outpost of Progress" "The Lagoon" "Karain: a Memory" "Youth" "Amy Foster" "The Secret Sharer" "Because of the Dollars" "The Tale"
Other works	The Inheritors (1901) Romance (1903) A Personal Record Last Essays
Adaptations	Victory (1919) Lord Jim (1925) The Silver Treasure (1926) Dangerous Paradise (1930) Sabotage (1936) Victory (1940) Outcast of the Islands (1951) Lord Jim (1965) The Rover (1967) The Duellists (1977) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Secret Agent (1992) Heart of Darkness (1993) Victory (1996) The Secret Agent (1996) Nostromo (1997 TV) Gabrielle (2005) Almayer's Folly (2011) Spec Ops: The Line (2012 video game) Hanyut (2014) Secret Sharer (2014) The Secret Agent (2016) The Young One (2016)
Related	Apollo Korzeniowski (father) Joseph Conrad's career at sea Joseph Conrad (ship)

v t e Joseph Conrad's Lingard Trilogy
Characters	Thomas Lingard
Almayer's Folly (1895)	Almayer's Folly (2011) Hanyut (2012/2016)
An Outcast of the Islands (1896)	Outcast of the Islands (1951)
The Rescue (1920)	The Rescue (1929)

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