SummaryHaving married the adopted Malay daughter of the wealthy Captain Lingard in order to obtain an inheritance that has failed to materialize, Almayer has become isolated and bitter, trapped in his remote trading post, and investing all his emotional energy in his own beloved daughter, Nina. But, haunted by feelings of racial and cultural alienation ... Read More
Directed By:Chantal Akerman
Written By:Chantal Akerman, Henry Bean, Nicole Brenez, Joseph Conrad
Almayer's Folly
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
92
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Aug 7, 2012
100
It is the richly evocative performances of Marion (aggressive yet enticing) and Merhar (wearing world-weariness like an aged suit) that cut deepest.
Aug 7, 2012
100
Fervently passionate and formally meticulous, the latest stunning coup for a director who's made a career of repurposing archetypal storylines.
Aug 7, 2012
90
Almayer's Folly is lush and dreamy (if not quite dreamlike), but it never feels unanchored or given to pointless meandering. However hypnotic it at times becomes, this is a sober(ing) endeavor that never strays far from its post-colonial backdrop.
Aug 9, 2012
60
Almayer's Folly is not friendly terrain to traverse; like some sinister version of Proust, it is a prolonged fever dream that ultimately yields madness.
User score
Generally Favorable
62% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
23% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Aug 12, 2012
1
This movie was of no appeal to me what-so-ever. The camera shots were terrible and I strugled to grasp the true emotions of the key characters. A wary eye should be cast over this movie.
Production Company:
- Liaison Cinématographique
- Paradise Film
- Artémis Productions
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- Belgacom
- Tax Shelter Film Funding
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- VOO
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
- Ciné+
Release Date:Aug 10, 2012
Duration:2 h 7 m
Awards
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 4 Nominations
