Treasure Island (1986)
January 1, 1986Release Date
Treasure Island (1986)
January 1, 1986Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Vic Tayback
Silver
Martin Landau
The Captain
Anna Karina
Mother
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Midas
Melvil Poupaud
Jim Hawkins
Lou Castel
Doctor / Father
Sheila
Aunt Helen
Jean-François Stévenin
Israel Hands
Jeffrey Kime
Timothy (The Squire)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Mendoza
Yves Afonso
French Captain
Marques D'Arede
Raúl Ruiz
Director / Writer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novel
Acácio de Almeida
Director of Photography
Jorge Arriagada
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1986
Original NameL'Île au trésor
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Genres
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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. 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. 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.
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.