LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO

Official selection, Cannes 2024


Original language: French

Subtitles: English, Romanian


Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière

Country: France

Year of production: 2024

Length: 178 minutes

Genre: adventure, period drama

In the year 1815, within the confines of Marseille, Edmond Dantès finds himself incarcerated within the formidable walls of the Château d’If for a crime he did not commit. Enduring fourteen years of imprisonment, he eventually engineers his escape, embarking on a meticulously crafted quest for vengeance. Assuming multiple identities – “the Count of Monte Cristo” among them – Dantès first courts his enemies, now highly placed dignitaries, the better to strike them down. But the price of revenge is heavy for one’s soul…