On television this evening on Canal+ and in streaming/replay: Le Comte de Monte Cristo (2024) by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte with Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte and Julie de Bona in the cast. Anecdotes and opinions from Bulles de Culture on this adventure film broadcast on Friday January 3.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo to watch on television, in streaming and in replay on Canal+: reviews and information
Résumé :
The fate of the young sailor Edmond Dantès changes on the day of his engagement: wrongly accused of treason, he is torn from his life and thrown into the darkness of the Château d'If. Fourteen years later, after a daring escape and the discovery of a treasure, he returns transformed into the Count of Monte Cristo, determined to make those who betrayed him pay…
Excerpt from the film review of Culture Bubbles on the feature film Le Comte de Monte Cristo written when it was released in cinemas :
180 years after the publication of Alexandre Dumas' novel and Auguste Maquethis “ghoswriter”, and 19 films later, spectators can rejoice: The Count of Monte Christo remains a timeless spectacle fiction.
Filming secrets, anecdotes: did you know?
- It's the 3th feature film du pair Alexandre de La Patellière et Matthew Delaporte.
- It is a film adaptation of eponymous book byAlexandre Dumaspublished from 1844 to 1846.
- In the press kit, co-director Alexandre de La Patellière returned to the adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece : “Our obsession was to fully embrace this fresco, to preserve all its dimensions to make the viewer experience very different emotions. This is why we made a single film, and not a diptych: like the page-turner that is the novel, the whole story had to take place in the same time framethat the tension amassed in the first part of the film finds its outcome in the same work. Impossible to tell the viewer: leave the Château d’If and come back in six months to find out what happens!”
- The original music was composed by Jerome Rebotier.
- Side distinctionsthe film received the Swann for best film au Cabourg Film Festival 2024 and was screened Out of competition at Cannes Film Festival 2024.
Learn more:
- Le Comte de Monte Cristo is broadcast on Canal+ on Friday January 3, 2025 at 9 p.m.
- The film is available for streaming and replay on myCANAL
- Film not recommended for under 10s
The articles of the Bulles de Culture editorial team are written under the direction of Jean-Christophe Nurbel, editor-in-chief, and Antoine Corte, deputy editor-in-chief.
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