Almayer's Folly (film)

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 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.

[1] 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".