the count of the monte cristo (2002)

accused of treason, the sailor edmond dantes suffers with a very harsh prison sentence a crime he did not commit. to give him the strength to resist is above all the hatred for his friend fernand who betrayed him. thanks to the help of an elderly fellow prisoner, the abbot faria manages to escape and take possession of a treasure that allows him to present himself to the french aristocracy as the count of montecristo. he therefore arrives the moment of revenge and of trying to recover the love of the beloved woman, become the bride of her enemy.