''Almayer's Folly'' () is a 2011
drama film
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directed by
Chantal Akerman and starring
Stanislas Merhar,
Aurora Marion and Marc Barbé. It is an adaptation of
Joseph Conrad
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's 1895
debut novel
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''
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.
Cast
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Stanislas Merhar as Almayer
* Marc Barbé as Captain Lingard
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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
Paulo Branco (born 3 June 1950) is a Portuguese film producer.
Life and career
Paulo Branco was born in Lisbon, and attended the undergraduate program in chemical engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico, but did not graduate. He worked a ...
's Alfama Films for a budget of 3,475,000 euro, with a filming start date set to March 2011.
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.
Principal photography took place in Cambodia. Filming started 10 November and ended 24 December 2010.
Reception
Review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
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reports that 87% out of 15 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 9.3/10. On
Metacritic
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, the film has a weighted average score of 92 out of 100 based on 6 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
References
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{{Lingard Trilogy
2011 films
2010s French-language films
2010s English-language films
Belgian drama films
French drama films
2011 drama films
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Joseph Conrad
Films directed by Chantal Akerman
Films produced by Paulo Branco
Films set in Malaysia
Films set in the 1950s
2010s French films
2010s Belgian films