Treasure Island (1986 film)
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Treasure Island (French: L'île au trésor) is a 1986 fabulist metafiction film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1] French, British and American companies funded Ruiz's obscure and complex adaptation of the classic 1883 coming-of-age adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] Treasure Island stars a young Melvil Poupaud, a familiar face in Ruiz's filmography, alongside popular veteran actors such as Martin Landau, Anna Karina and Jean-Pierre Léaud.
Treasure Island | |
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French: L'île au trésor | |
Directed by | Raúl Ruiz |
Written by | Raúl Ruiz |
Based on | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Produced by | Paulo Branco António Vaz da Silva |
Starring | Melvil Poupaud |
Cinematography | Acácio de Almeida |
Edited by | Valeria Sarmiento |
Music by | Jorge Arriagada |
Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom France United States |
Language | English |
The film's play on the traditional narrative of an iconic and frequently dramatized story is very representative of Ruiz' oneiric approach and style. Ruiz takes his fondness for cartography to a new level with Stevenson's narrative, making the book into a map to the treasure in this rendition.[3]