‘Monte Cristo’: Pathe Boss Ardavan Safaee Shares Strategy Behind French Box Office Reign, and Company’s English-Language Plans (EXCLUSIVE)

French studio Pathé has seen its marketing and programming strategy pay off with “The Count of Monte Cristo,” an epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic which struck box office gold in France during a competitive summer marked by the Olympics. Helmed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière (“The Three Musketeers”), the sweeping three-hour movie […]
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