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7.1
/10
170 Ratings

TREASURE ISLAND

L'île au trésor

Directed by Raúl Ruiz
France, United Kingdom, 1986
Fantasy, Avant-Garde, Adventure
  • 117117 minutes

Synopsis

Jim Hawkins only dreamed of one thing: to go on a treasure hunt. After long listening to the accounts of an old boat captain, he decides to embark on the adventure.

Synopsis

Jim Hawkins only dreamed of one thing: to go on a treasure hunt. After long listening to the accounts of an old boat captain, he decides to embark on the adventure.

Our take

A passion project years in the making for Chilean master Raúl Ruiz, Treasure Island proved a fraught production. Typically, this is no straight adaptation of the Stevenson novel, but rather an ambitious, metafictional deconstruction using key characters and themes to sumptuous, byzantine effect.