Pierre Niney is surrounded by Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Bastien Bouillon, Patrick Mille…
Victim of a conspiracy, young Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years of detention at the Château d’If, he managed to escape. Having become immensely rich, he returns under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to take revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
“the count of Monte Cristoit really is our bedside novel, more than the Musketeers”, explained Matthew Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière in the issue of First of January. The co-authors of D’Artagnan And Milady once again adapt an epic adventure by Alexandre Dumas, but also as directors, this time.
Why did they bet on the star actor ofYves Saint Laurent and of Black Box for this ambitious project? “Dantes is like Cyrano, they responded about the choice of Pierre Niney to carry the film. It seemed impossible to us to embark on the adventure without having the agreement of the person who was going to embody it. We needed someone capable of being credible at 20 as well as at 40. Someone who is a dark, melancholy and vengeful figure at the same time. Pierre was obvious. (…) It’s the first time we’ve written with an actor in mind.”
When the count of Monte Cristo has just been officially selected at the 74th Cannes Film Festival – we learned yesterday that it would be screened out of competition – Pathé is stocking up on new images. A few weeks after his teaser full of promisehere we find Pierre Niney in the main role, but also his playing partners, all popular actors. “Dumas’ characters are fantastic, has explained about them Alexandre de la Patellière, still in First. It’s an asset for bringing in great actors: Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte, Anamaria Vartolomei, Patrick Mille, Bastien Bouillon, Vassili Schneider… People from very different worlds like in the story we’re telling.”
the count of Monte Cristo was scheduled to be released in theaters on December 11, 2024, but it was brought forward to this summer. See you precisely on June 28 at the cinema.
The official selection of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival: Megalopolis, Furiosa, Monte-Cristo, Limonov, Emilia Perez…
