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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 75/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,083 2020s adventure movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 58m.
Synopsis
Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic75/100
2,130 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexandre de La PatellièreDirector
- Alexandre de La PatellièreScreenplay
- Matthieu DelaporteDirector
- Matthieu DelaporteScreenplay
- Jérôme RebotierOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pierre NineyEdmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristo
- Bastien BouillonFernand de Morcerf
- Anaïs DemoustierMercédès Herrera
- Laurent LafitteGérard de Villefort
- Pierfrancesco FavinoAbbé Faria
- Patrick MilleDanglars
- Vassili SchneiderAlbert de Morcerf
- Julien de Saint JeanAndrea Cavalcanti
- Anamaria VartolomeiHaydée
- Julie de BonaVictoria
- Adèle SimphalAngèle
- Stéphane VarupenneCaderousse
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookcountrevengewrongful convictionhidden fortune19th centurymoral downfallpost‑napoleonic franceparisian aristocracymarseille harborbetrayal conspiracymethodical vengeance
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