The Count of Monte Cristo (2024 film)

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
French	Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Directed by	Matthieu Delaporte; Alexandre de La Patellière
Screenplay by	Matthieu Delaporte; Alexandre de La Patellière
Based on	Alexander Dumas
Produced by	Dmitri Rassan;
Starring	Pierre Niney;
Production; companies	Pathé; Chapter 2; Fargo Films; M6 Films;
Distributed by	Pathé
Release dates	May 2024 (Cannes); 28 June 2024 (France)
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€42.9 million

The Count of Monte Cristo (

Alexander Dumas novel of the same name. The film is written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière and stars Pierre Niney in the role of Edmond Dantès

.

The film is set to have its World Premiere Out of the Competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and will be released theatrically in France on 28 June 2024 by Pathé.

Premise

Betrayed by his friends and convicted by a corrupt magistrate, the sailor Edmond Dantès is condemned to life imprisonment; upon his escape, he obtains a sizeable fortune and returns to France disguised as the "Count of Monte Cristo", an identity through which he plans to exact vengeance on those who ruined him.

Cast

Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès
Anaïs Demoustier as Mercédès Herrera
Laurent Lafitte as Gérard de Villefort
Anamaria Vartolomei as Haydée
Bastien Bouillon
Patrick Mille
Vassili Schneider
Julien de Saint Jean
Pierfrancesco Favino

Production

The adaptation of the Dumas classic is written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière and produced by

M6 Films and Fargo Films.^[3]

Casting

Pierre Niney was cast in the lead role in February 2023.^[4]^[5] In July 2023, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte, Anamaria Vartolomei, Bastien Bouillon, Patrick Mille, Vassili Schneider, and Julien de Saint Jean were cast in the film.^[6]

Filming

Principal photography got underway in the summer of 2023.^[7]

Release

The film is expected to be released on June 28, 2024.^[8]

References

^ Lemercier, Fabien (March 26, 2024). "298 feature films produced by France in 2023". Cineuropa.
^ "Alexandre de la Patellière et Matthieu Delaporte vont revisiter "Le comte de Monte-Cristo"". lefilmfrancais.com. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Keslassy, Elsa (February 9, 2023). "Pathe, Chapter 2 Team on Alexandre Dumas Epic Saga 'The Count of Monte Cristo' Starring Pierre Niney (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Douhaire, Samuel (February 10, 2023). ""The Count of Monte-Cristo" with Pierre Niney: has the imagination of French cinema gone?". Telerama. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Labylle, Anouk (February 10, 2023). "Pierre Niney in turn dons the costume of the Count of Monte-Cristo". newsinfrance. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "The film "The Count of Monte-Cristo" with Pierre Niney has unveiled the rest of its cast, here it is". euro.dayfr.com. July 24, 2023. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Warner, Sam (August 8, 2023). "Peaky Blinders' Sam Claflin has period drama makeover filming new TV series". Dogital Spy. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "PIERRE NINEY WILL BE THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IN THEATERS IN 2024". February 10, 2023. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

External links

The Count of Monte Cristo at
IMDb

[1] Lemercier, Fabien (March 26, 2024). "298 feature films produced by France in 2023". Cineuropa.

[2] "Alexandre de la Patellière et Matthieu Delaporte vont revisiter "Le comte de Monte-Cristo"". lefilmfrancais.com. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[3] Keslassy, Elsa (February 9, 2023). "Pathe, Chapter 2 Team on Alexandre Dumas Epic Saga 'The Count of Monte Cristo' Starring Pierre Niney (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[4] Douhaire, Samuel (February 10, 2023). ""The Count of Monte-Cristo" with Pierre Niney: has the imagination of French cinema gone?". Telerama. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[5] Labylle, Anouk (February 10, 2023). "Pierre Niney in turn dons the costume of the Count of Monte-Cristo". newsinfrance. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[6] "The film "The Count of Monte-Cristo" with Pierre Niney has unveiled the rest of its cast, here it is". euro.dayfr.com. July 24, 2023. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[7] Warner, Sam (August 8, 2023). "Peaky Blinders' Sam Claflin has period drama makeover filming new TV series". Dogital Spy. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[8] "PIERRE NINEY WILL BE THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IN THEATERS IN 2024". February 10, 2023. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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v t e Alexandre Dumas père
Novels	The Conspirators The Count of Monte Cristo The Countess of Salisbury The Three Musketeers The Fencing Master The Corsican Brothers The Black Tulip Captain Pamphile Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge La Dame de Monsoreau Georges The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Queen's Necklace La Reine Margot The New Troy Twenty Years After The Two Dianas The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Companions of Jehu The Wolf Leader La Sanfelice The Women's War
Travelogues	Le Speronare Le Capitaine Aréna Le Corricolo
Characters	Edmond Dantès Aramis Athos Anne of Austria d'Artagnan Abbé Faria Milady de Winter Porthos Cardinal Richelieu Comte de Rochefort M. de Tréville
Related	Alexandre Dumas fils (son) Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father) Marie-Cessette Dumas (grandmother) Auguste Maquet (collaborator) Théâtre Historique Château de Monte-Cristo L'Autre Dumas (2010 film) Orson Welles and People (lost documentary)

v t e The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria
Films	The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) Monte Cristo (1922) Monte Cristo (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger (1951) The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Karkottai (1954) Vanji-Kottai Valipan (1958) Raj Tilak (1958) The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) Jeevan Mrityu (1970) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Bhuierantlo Munis (1977) Padayottam (1982) Veta (1986) The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
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Literature	The Stars My Destination The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth The Baron of Magister Valley
Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album)
Related	Auguste Maquet (collaborator) Pierre Picaud (possible prototype) Dumas (2010 film) "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (The Simpsons episode) The Monte Cristo of Prague (1929 film)