In February 2023, we learned that after Martin Bourboulon’s diptych on The Three Musketeers, another novel by Alexandre Dumas Perry was going to be adapted for the cinema by producers Dimitri Rassam and Pate, The Count of Monte Cristo.
This new adaptation is written and directed by the duo Alexandre de la Patellier and Mathieu Delaporte (already screenwriters of The Three Musketeers d’Artagnan and Milady) by Pierre Nin.
What is the Count of Monte Cristo about?
The film, which wrapped shooting on November 30, follows Edmond Dantes, “the first French superhero to pass from the light to the shadows and become the embodiment of the mask of the Avenger.”
A victim of a conspiracy, young Edmond is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years of imprisonment at Chateau d’If, he managed to escape. Vastly enriched, he returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to seek revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
When the project was announced last April, Pierre Nini said in a press release: “Like millions of readers around the world, I was celebrated and transported by the great novel, Monte Cristo. The ambition and power of the project inspire us as much as they inspire us. We want to create a great adventure film. Characters, but above all, revenge”.
Which actors are in the casting?
If Francois Civil, Vincent Cassel, Pio Marmay and Romain Duris play the famous musketeers, the role of Edmond Dantes was assigned to Pierre Nini. The 35-year-old actor, a César winner for best actor for his portrayal of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Jalil Lespert’s film, plays one of the greatest heroes of French literature here.
Pierre Nin
The actress – who had to spend four hours a day in make-up for the film – is surrounded by Anais Demostier, who lends her features to Mercedes Herrera, Edmond’s fiancee, Laurent Lafitte, who plays Gerard de Villefort, the king’s prosecutor. Young Annamaria Bartholomew (Heide), Patrick Mill (Jealous Danglars), Bastien Bouillon, Pierfrancesco Favino, Oscar Lesage, Wassily Schneider and Julien de Saint-Jean.
A novel inspired by an 1807 news story
Written by Alexandre Dumas Père in collaboration with Auguste Macquet and published episodically between 1844 and 1846, The Count of Monte Cristo is inspired by a news story that occurred in Nîmes in 1807 and related by a Paris police archivist. .
Le Figaro He also dedicated a work to this incredible story, which created one of the greatest novels. François Picot, a shoemaker, wants to marry Marguerite, a rich young woman, and confides in several friends, including the owner of the café Mathieu Loupiau. Jealous, the latter makes a bet to postpone the wedding and reveals to the police that Pico is a paid agent for the English. The shoe manufacturer was sentenced to seven years. When he is freed, he changes his identity, manages to find out who locked him up and takes revenge. Dumas Perre was freely inspired by this story to write “The Count of Monte Cristo“.
Anais Demostia
It has been adapted for the screen more than thirty times
even if it is less adapted than “This is a musketeer“The Count of Monte Cristo has already been the subject of about thirty transpositions on small and big screens. The first screening dates back to 1908, it is an American film by Francis Boggs. The Count of Monte Cristo Starring Hobart Bosworth.
The most recent are Kevin Reynolds, released in 2002, La Vengeance de Monte-Cristo in 2002 with Jim Zwienzel, and the Jose Dian miniseries (aired in 1998) starring Gerard Depardieu remains one of the most famous.
Note that this revenge story loosely inspired Mike Kelly’s American Revenge series with Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe and Gabriel Mann.
Pierre Nin
Studio shoot
This new adaptation was shot on a budget of 43 million euros RTL Held from July to December 2023 between Ile de France, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, as well as between the islands of Malta and Cyprus. The castle of the Count of Monte Cristo in the film is also a combination of several existing castles.
Directors explain Stefan Budsock at the microphone : “We have a room in the castle, a room in the second and the outside again in the third. In Montpellier we open the door and we go out into the Paris region. It was quite a difficult Tetris and it took a long time to prepare. But visually it is brilliant.”
The water scenes from The Count of Monte Cristo were filmed at Lites Studios in Belgium, Europe’s largest water studio. last November, Pierre Nin He also shared a video taken in the 1450 square meter pool on the social network.
A water scene that could be Edmond Dantes’ escape from the Chateau d’If. The hero swims until he reaches the smugglers’ boat.
When is The Count of Monte Cristo coming out?
When the project was announced, this great adventure film was announced on December 11, 2024. However, in January of last year, Pathe said that The Count of Monte Cristo It will finally be released on Friday, June 28, six months early. Thus, the feature film will be able to benefit from La Fête du cinéma, which will take place from Sunday 30 June to Wednesday 3 July 2024.
The film will be released during the Euro football season, but note that there are no matches scheduled as of June 28, 2024. A perfect window to attract as many viewers as possible for this release date, which is specifically scheduled for Friday.
Source: Allocine
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