Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

[profiterole_reads]

The new movie adaptation of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo was magnificent! And the soundtrack as well!

I was a bit worried that 3 hours would be too long, but absolutely not. After all, the best adaptation ever is the anime Gankutsuou, which consists of 24 episodes of 20 minutes, i.e. 8 hours.

Eugénie is canonically in love with her female friend. <3 Also, reminder (or new information, since even French schools don't teach us that...) that Alexandre Dumas, one of our most famous authors, was Black.

Comments

[flo_nelja]

Oooh Louise n'est plus sa prof de piano ? Comment est leur relation ? Est-ce que Louise a une personalité ? Est-ce qu'elles s'enfuient ensemble à la fin ? Dis-moi tout, je me moque des spoilers <3

[profiterole_reads]

Alors, Louise s'appelle Suzanne o_O et je ne sais pas si c'est réciproque, mais Eugénie est amoureuse d'elle, c'est canon. Elle dit à Andréa qu'elle ne peut pas l'aimer et il répond qu'il sait qu'elle ne peut pas l'aimer comme elle aime Suzanne, mais il lui servira de protection (je ne sais pas si on a un terme pour "beard" en français).

Sadly, il n'y a pas Franz, ni de Albert/Comte, mais bon, dans le livre (que je n'ai pas lu), c'est plutôt Eugénie/Louise qui est sous-entendu, donc je suis super contente que ce soit canon dans le film !

[muccamukk]

That's good to hear! I'm really looking forward to seeing this. Despite growing up reading the Three Musketeers, I didn't learn Dumas was Black until The Black Count came out, though it got mentioned a lot more around the 2014 TV show.

[profiterole_reads]

I think I learnt about it with the 2014 TV show. Thanks, Tumblr, for doing the job of French literature teachers...

[tabular_rasa]

While I had seen the 2002 film (Henry Cavill already gorgeous as Albert back then, lol), I finally read the novel only a couple years ago. IMMEDIATELY clocked Eugenie as gay in her introductory scene when she's bitching about the inadequacies of her male prospects, lol, and then of course she's always hanging around her piano tutor 👀 and sure enough she ends up dressing as a man and running off with her. Just gals being pals, right 🤣

[profiterole_reads]

I think I might have seen the 2002 adaptation on TV, but I'm not sure. But Gankutsuou stole my heart. <3

[night_owl_9]

This adaptation sounds fascinating!

[profiterole_reads]

It definitely is! <3

[ragnarok_08]

The adaptation does sound interesting!

After all, the best adaptation ever is the anime Gankutsuou, which consists of 24 episodes of 20 minutes, i.e. 8 hours.

I know, right? It's incredible, so underrated.

[profiterole_reads]

I reblogged a post on Tumblr and someone said they were interested in watching it. ^_^