Almayer’s Folly
From Sun 09 to Tue 11 NovChantal Akerman turned to Joseph Conrad’s lesser-known first novel for her last fiction film, a searing tale of a fortune seeker stranded in Malaysia, who struggles for possession of his half-Malay daughter. Akerman transplants the tale to the dying days of European imperialism, examining the corrosive effects of greed and jealousy against the hypnotic backdrop of the jungle.
Special Screening
The screening on 9 November will be introduced by Prof. Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech (University of Silesia, Poland, President of the Joseph Conrad Society, Poland, and author of Adaptations of J. Conrad’s Life and Works in Contemporary Culture, 2022)
