Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, the first French cinematic treatment of the iconic tale of romance and redemption in over fifty years.

Marseille, 1815. The dreams of principled young sailor Edmond Dantès (Niney) are about to come true; promoted to ship’s captain, he can finally marry the love of his life, Mercédès (Anaïs Demoustier). But his success inspires jealousy, and Dantès is denounced as a pro-Napoleon conspirator, and imprisoned without trial. Befriending an inmate in the adjacent cell, the pair hatch a plan to exact revenge on the three men who wronged him. Assuming multiple identities – the Count of Monte Cristo among them - Dantès will first court his enemies, and then seek retribution.

French, Roman and Italian language, English subtitles.