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With a budget estimated in EUR429 million, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most expensive French film of 2024
Narrative
After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him..
Featured in La grande semaine: Episode #113 (2024)
When Albert watches Hydee sing and play the guitar, it is very obvious that she is not even touching the strings half of the time..
and of course lighting (congrats M
I will not deny it, I think the film is really beautiful : production design, costumes, props…
Bolduc) and many other details helped make it a wonderful experience for the eyes, in my opinionNow with a plot so huge as with Dumas', so many characters, theads, sub-stories and such, the authors had to cut things, adapt, re-write
betray, as is often necessary or critical with any adaptation!That's a given.But why dishonor the original author's choices (Dumas')?Why betray the lessons he wanted to impart : Monte Cristo's moral dilemma, his good nature overall, his help to so many, and unrivaled loyalty to anyone who had been good to him or deserved it in any way ?Why change Haydée's love for him for a silly romance?Even Mercedes' understanding of Monte Cristo's actions and why she can't be saved, and why Albert has to follow her are admirable, in the book…And what are we left with, here?Pure show?I can assure you it's not what remains, when you read it.