With a budget estimated in EUR42.9 million, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most expensive French film of 2024.
One of the 4 films shortlisted by France's Oscar committee to be chosen as the country's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
The film was a huge hit at the French box office with 9,382,000 admissions.
Clocking in at 2 hours and 58 minutes, this is the second-longest film in the official selection (out of competition) at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, behind Horizon (2024) (3 hours and 1 minute).
The director's father Denys De La Patellière directed himself a mini series called The Count Of Monte Cristo.