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Film Review - Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (The Count of Monte-Cristo)

Film Review - Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (The Count of Monte-Cristo)

This new version of the Alexandre Dumas classic proves an enjoyable, satisfying, six-course-dinner of a film

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Sep 02, 2024
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The Count of Monte-Cristo has been adapted umpteen times for film and television, often unsuccessfully. However, this new take, courtesy of directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière. is rather magnificent. Last year, their screenwriting involvement with Martin Bourboulon’s criminally underseen two-part adaptation of anothe…

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