Monte-Cristo

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Recommended age: from 12 years

Edmond Dantès, a 19-year-old sailor, arrives in Marseille to get engaged the next day with the beautiful Catalan Mercédès. Betrayed by jealous «friends», he is denounced as a Bonapartist conspirator and locked in a prison of the castle of If, off Marseille. After 14 years in prison, he managed to escape and then took methodical revenge on those who wrongly accused him.
The art of series, so popular in our homes, is not new. In 1844, Dumas began the publication of the novel Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, which had remained mythical. Storyteller Nicolas Bonneau, actress musician Fanny Chériaux and guitarist Mathias Castagné revisit this monument on the mode of an exciting radio thriller to watch. Between social satire and romantic impulses, the spectator succumbs with the hero to the limitless enjoyment of revenge.
Under the impetus of storyteller Nicolas Bonneau and musician and actress Fanny Chériaux, the Volige project is developed around three axes: the art of storytelling, the musical narrative and projects of territories and creation in situ.
As part of the festival La Cour des Contes (Plan-les-Ouates) from 26 April to 5 May 2024, www.lacourdescontes.ch