47/40
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.. With a budget estimated in EUR42.9 million, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most expensive French film of 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.. Featured in La grande semaine: Episode #1.13 (2024). I read the books and saw two other versions of it as a film.I asked myself what was the idea to make another version even though 18 exist already.I watched it in French and realized that it is pretty far off the original storyline. Some characters are missing and others adapted. Apart from the great costumes and the brilliant locations, it seemed to me that only the beautiful, 'rich' sides were shown. The prison seemed too romanticized to me, as did society. The Count could hardly stand out from the others due to his wealth and mystique, because this didn't always come to the surface.Nevertheless, the film is entertaining and I was never bored. It managed to tell the whole story, although in a different way. Unfortunately, I couldn't answer the question of why this film was made, because it's just another version.Watch the film if you don't know the story yet and like a romanticized story. Otherwise, I recommend the book by Alexandre Dumas and the film 'The Count of Monte Cristo 2002'.