LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO Trailer Teases The Legendary Revenge Tale Of The Summer
The latest revival of the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is hitting Out Of Competition screens at Cannes this month with Le Comte De Monte-Cristo. Directing duo Alexandre de La Patellière and Mathieu Delaporte (writers of Martin Bourboulon’s The Three Musketeers Part I and II) pair up for their latest offering together since 2019’s The Best Is Yet To Come, and 2012’s What’s In A Name?.
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 identitities – “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…
Award-winning actor Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent, Black Box) takes the mantle in the title role for this newest treatment which heads to French cinemas beginning June 28 from Pathé. Also starring are Anaïs Demoustier (Smoking Causes Coughing), and Bastien Bouillon (The Night of the 12th).
Check out the trailer.
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