A month before its out-of-competition presentation at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, The Count of Monte Cristo is revealing itself a little more.
Pathé recently announced the duration of the adventure mural by Pierre Nin and adapted from the works of Alexandre Dumas. The duration of the feature film is 2h53. A long time, but not that long since Martin Bourboulon’s diptych of The Three Musketeers, published in 2023, lasted 3 h 56 h (2 h for d’Artagnan and 1 h 55 milad).
Not the longest adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo spans only one film, the action of which takes place over several years, so it makes sense that the duration of the work is significant. Note that this is not the longest adaptation of Dumas Perry’s novel, which has spawned more than thirty television and film productions.
Henri Fescur’s 1929 adaptation ran 3:25 hours, Robert Vernay’s 1953 adaptation ran 3:03, and Claude Otant-Larra’s film, released in 1961, ran 3 hours.
Written and directed by the duo Alexandre de la Patellier and Mathieu Delaporte (already the screenwriters of The Three Musketeers d’Artagnan and Milady), the 2024 version of The Count of Monte Cristo follows the vision of Edmond Dantes, “The first. A French superhero who moves from the light to the shadows and becomes the embodiment of the masked 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.
Pierre Nin, who spent 4 hours every day in make-up for the needs of 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, a young Annamaria Bartholomew (Hay), Patrick Mill (Jealous Danglars), Bastien Bouillon , Pierfrancesco Favino, Oscar Lesage, Wassily Schneider and Julien de Saint-Jean.
The Count of Monte Cristo It will be released in theaters on June 28, 2024.
Source: Allocine
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