THE COUNT OF MONTECRISTO

(Le Comte de Monte Cristo)

CINEMA COMPETITION
CLOSING FILM
RENOIR THEATRE
Drama, Adventure, Romance

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3
7:15 pm
Followed by a conversation with writers/directors Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre De La Patellière

Presented in association with:
Pathé Films
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Air Tahiti Nui
ELMA
Monsieur Marcel

Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Written by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Based on the Novel by: Alexandre Dumas
Produced by: Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), Adavan Safaee (Pathé Films), Matthieu Delaporte (Fargo Films), Logical Content Venture, Umedia, M6 Films
Cinematography: Nicolas Bolduc
Film Editing: Célia Lafitedupont
Original Score: Jérôme Rebotier
Cast: Pierre Niney (Edmond Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo), Bastien Bouillon (Fernand de Morcef), Anamaria Vartolomei (Haydée), Anaïs Demoustier (Mercédès Herrera), Laurent Lafitte (Gérard de Villfort), Patrick Mille (Danglars), Pierfrancesco Faveno (Abbé Faria), Vassili Schneider (Albert)
International Sales: Pathé Films
US Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
US Release date: December 20, 2024

Directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, the dynamic screenwriting duo behind last year’s Three Musketeers blockbusters, now take on Alexandre Dumas’s swashbuckling 19th century epic of lost love and single-minded vengeance and bring it to the big screen with a stellar ensemble cast and lavish production values. The tale begins with a heroic young first mate, Edmond Dantès (consummate French film star Pierre Niney), freshly promoted to ship’s captain and finally in a position to marry his secret love. However, on the very morning of their wedding day, Edmond is wrongfully arrested for a crime he knows nothing of — a plot hatched by three of the most ruthless of rivals— and shipped off to the formidable Château d’If prison, off the coast of Marseille… But the story certainly doesn’t end there, as filmmakers and author, alike, delve into a microscopic examination of the nature of revenge, justice, mercy and forgiveness.

Writers/directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière have worked together for almost two decades. They have cowritten numerous plays, film scripts and television projects. Their feature screenwriting credits include Les Parrains (2005); Renaissance (2006); RTT (2009); 22 Bullets (2010); The Prodigies (2011); Il était une fois, une fois (2012); Divorce French Style (2016); It’s your Turn, Honey (2017); Fly me Away (2021); You Keep the Kids (2021); and Family Affairs (2022). As screenwriters, they’ve teamed up with director Martin Bourboulon on four projects: Daddy or Mommy (2015); Mom or Dad? (2017); The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (TAFFF 2023) and The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023). They cowrote the script for two of Delaporte’s solo directorial efforts, The Jungle (2006) and Nobody from Nowhere (2014). Finally, they cowrote and codirected What’s in a Name? (COLCOA 2013), which was nominated for a César Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and The Best Is Yet to Come (2019). The Count of Monte Cristo had its world premiere, out of competition, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received an 11-minute standing ovation, and went on to become a major French box-office hit this summer.