Audrey Fleurot is currently filming La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo, an 8 × 52-minute miniseries loosely based onAlexandre Dumas' novel. Directed by Djibril Glissant and Leonardo D'Antoni, and written by Gaïa Guasti, Djibril Glissant, Clément Peny, and Florian Spitzer, this French creation combines drama, revenge, and passion. Filming is taking place in Malta and the Czech Republic.
Marseille, 1815. Mercédès Herrera, madly in love with Edmond Dantès, sees her future turned upside down when her fiancé is unjustly accused of treason and imprisoned in the Château d'If. After a tragic escape attempt, Mercédès loses everything: Edmond dies, and she finds herself incarcerated in a cell next to that of the man she loved. In the midst of her suffering, she forges a new reason to live: revenge.
Determined to make those who destroyed her life pay—Fernand, her jealous cousin; Danglars, the ambitious manipulator; and Héloïse de Villefort, the prosecutor's ruthless wife—Mercédès becomes the Countess of Monte Cristo. In this bold reinterpretation of Dumas' masterpiece, the female character takes back power, redefining the codes of the classic revenge story.
The official trailer will be added as soon as it is released by the production company.
The cast also includes Simon Ehrlacher, Zabou Breitman, Esteban Vial, Marysole Fertard, Thibault Bonenfant, Kad Merad, Fotini Peluso, Thierry Godard, Maxime Lelue, Wael Sersoub, Denis Lavant, Eric Elmosnino, Olivia Côte, Slimane Dazi, and Esteban. This ambitious production promises to be an epic tale at the crossroads of historical drama and modern revenge story.
Conceived as an epic tale of female emancipation, The Countess of Monte Cristo explores the transformation of a victim into a formidable heroine in a world of passion and betrayal.
The Countess of MonteCristo
Series | 2027
8-episode miniseries, 52 min each
Created by Gaïa Guasti, Djibril Glissant, Clément Peny, Florian Spitzer | Directed by Djibril Glissant and Leonardo D'Antoni
Starring Audrey Fleurot, Simon Ehrlacher, Zabou Breitman, Kad Merad, Thierry Godard
Nationality: France
This contemporary adaptation of Dumas's myth transforms the tragic fate of Mercédès into a quest for power and justice led by Audrey Fleurot.
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