Just out of curiousity : the recent movie adaptation had a huuuge success in France two years ago (deservedly so, in my opinion), did that cross the Atlantic ?
No idea, but probably not because it didn't even make it across the Channel. Sadly, British/American audiences hate foreign language films generally. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, though, I'll watch it after I've finished reading.
there was a recent PBS tv series with Sam Claflin as Edmond Dantès and Jeremy Irons as the Abbé Faria but I don't recall a French movie. thanks for the tip!