The new adaptation of the classic revenge tale, starring Pierre Niney, scored 14 Cesar nominations compared to 12 for Jacques Audiard's Oscar front-runner.

There are, however, two women directors vying for best first film, Louis Courvoisier with “Holy Cow,” and Agathe Riedinger with “Wild Diamond.” Along with “The Count of Monte Cristo ...

"The Count of Monte Cristo," "Beating Hearts," "Emilia Pérez" and other films are nominated at France's 50th annual César Awards.

“The Count of Monte Cristo”, a big-budget French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel, was the second most watched film in French cinemas last year and leads the Cesars nominations with 1 ...

Home-made hit "The Count of Monte Cristo" topped the nominations released Wednesday for the Cesars, France's version of the Oscars, followed closely by international awards season front-runner "Emilia ...

a high-budget French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' epic novel The Count of Monte Cristo, was the second most-watched film in French cinemas last year and leads the Césars nominations with 14.

Provoked by insults in public, each fought a duel and died, the last being a friend of Monte Cristo. Now the Count must find out the reason behind the duels. A onetime galley slave, suspected of ...

There has been a renewed interest in movie adaptations of classic works of literature in France, which have been doing well recently. The latest to join that list is The Count of Monte Cristo, a new ...