Second biggest success of the year 2024 in French cinemas after A little something extra signed Artus, Le Comte de Monte Cristo is revealed today on television! The feature film directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière will be visible on Canal +, from 9:05 p.m. The opportunity to treat yourself to an adventure with a capital A, in the company of a choice cast. Jumbled together, we can count on Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Mille, Vassili Schneider, and even Julie de Bona, who have all performed in exceptional places.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo : Places full of history to discover
Cult work by Alexandre Dums, Le Comte de Monte Cristo has been adapted for cinema many times. However, the version unveiled last year, in which Edmond Dantès is played by Pierre Niney, has established itself as a reference. A landmark success, between action, feelings and striking sequences, notably supported by unique filming locations. Because yes, to follow the wanderings of this Count accused of plotting against the regime, directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière stopped at nothing. Thus, Île-de-France was called upon by Stéphane Taillasson, production designer of the film, to recreate Alexandre Dumas' castle, in Port-Marly. The Palais Brongniart, the famous Paris Stock Exchange, was used to illustrate the Count's salon. Still interiors, the Meaux Cathedral became a reception room, when the rooms of the Château de Dampont, a gem of Val-d'Oise, were entitled to the attention of the cameras. Finally, the Hôtel de la Païva, located on the Champs-Élysées, also appears on the screen, when the Château de Ferrières (Seine-et-Marne) shared its sumptuous exteriors.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo : After France, the shooting of the film was exported to its two countries
Note that the south of France also had its partition. We think of the Château de l'Engarran in Lavérune, in Hérault, or that of Aubiry in Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Obviously, the Château d'If in Marseille, where our hero was imprisoned, is there. As for the underwater shots, everything took place at Lites Studios in Brussels, when the port of Malta had the first chance to open the film!
