

Valentine Villefort has no Acquired Poison Immunity in this version.Edmond then starts using his newfound wealth to patiently and methodically plot revenge on those who have sent him to die in prison and takes an alias, the Count of Monte Cristo. The old Faria dies, Edmond escapes by taking Faria's dead body's place in a bag and finds the treasure. Edmond spends 18 years imprisoned in the fortress and befriends the abbot Faria, a fellow inmate who tells him of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a small rocky island, the Isle of Monte Cristo, and only he knows the treasure's location. and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress off the coast of Marseille and from which no prisoner has ever escaped. Supporters of Napoléon Bonaparte's cause were not welcome.

It stars Gérard Depardieu as Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of Bonapartism note The story takes place during the Bourbon Restauration, 1815-1830, which reestablished monarchy in France, albeit in a constitutional way.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 1998 SERIES
The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte Cristo) is a 4-parts French Mini Series adapting the Alexandre Dumas novel of the same name, directed by Josée Dayan with a screenplay by Didier Decoin and produced by (and first broadcast on) the TF1 channel in 1998.
