“The Count of Monte Cristo” – Swashbuckling all the way [MOVIE REVIEW]
Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier and Pierre Niney. Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films “The Count of Monte Cristo,” a new edition of this oft-told tale, adapted and directed by the team of Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellèreof, is a sweepingly romantic adventure full to overflowing with love, hate, greed, betrayal, revenge and resurrection. The villains are painted in the blackest blacks, but what makes it most interesting are the innocent victims who propel so much of the action and the complex and conflicted hero who is both valiant and vengeful. It is the best of times and the worst of times in France. Napoleon is exiled to Elba and the royals are back in power. But that tenure is in danger because of rumors that Napoleon’s legion of followers are planning his return. There has been an accident at sea and a ship is on fire, its passengers lost with the exception of a woman floundering in the water. Captain Danglers has ordered his crew to charge ahead and ignore any survivors from the other ship. Sailor Edmund Dantès, ignoring the order, dives into the water and rescues the woman. Enraged that his orders were disobeyed, he restricts the woman, Angèle, to…
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