Treasure Island

On a sun soaked stretch near Paris the film follows a summer spent on an island that feels suspended from ordinary life. People come to swim, flirt, and let small transgressions drift by, while a sense of childhood kingdoms lurks in every nook. Scenes linger on the weathered boardwalks, boats, and secret spots where time slows and conversations drift between jokes and memory. Guillaume Brac frames ordinary days as a living landscape, where friendships form and dissolve with the tides. The tone blends observation and reminiscence, inviting viewers to reflect on freedom, youth and the quiet ache of escape without turning the season into a melodrama. The film measures the pull of summer. It invites memory and belonging to linger.

Directed by Guillaume Brac, Treasure Island arrived in 2018 as a documentary focused on summer near Paris. It favors observation over narration, letting moments breathe and people speak in unguarded ways. The result is an intimate portrait rather than chronicle.

Reception has highlighted its patient cadence and quiet humor, inviting viewers to consider how leisure shapes identity and memory. The film treats a single season as a compact universe where friendships form and fray, routines accumulate meaning, and small gestures become lasting markers of freedom and belonging and shared memories.

Box office data for Treasure Island is not widely reported, underscoring its status as an artful documentary rather than a mainstream release. The film circulated mainly at festivals and select venues, appealing to audiences who value quiet observational cinema today.

Awards and nominations: None are listed in major award databases for Treasure Island. The film has found a home in arthouse circuits and film festivals where its restrained, observational method is valued. It isn’t designed to win prizes but to offer a linger of a season and a memory everywhere.