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Film Festival - Screening of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' (2024) + Q&A w/ Prof. C.Brossillon [Registration on External Link]

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Sun, Apr 19, 2026

5 PM – 8:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count.

As part of the fourth edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you are invited to the screening of The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), followed by a Q&A with Prof. Céline Brossillon (Ursinus University).

🏆 Winner of two Cesar Awards at the 2025 ceremony.

Logistics: In French with English subtitles. Open to everyone upon registration.

Synopsis: Marseille, 1815. All of young Edmond Dantès’ dreams are about to come true – promoted to ship’s captain he can finally marry the love of his life, Mercedes. But his success inspires jealousy from various quarters. Betrayed by his rivals and denounced as a member of a pro-Bonaparte conspiracy, he is imprisoned without trial at the Château d’If, with no hope of return. After fourteen years of secret instruction by fellow inmate Abbé Faria, Dantès manages to escape and to get hold of the legendary treasure hidden on the isle of Monte Cristo. Now with a huge fortune, he hatches an extraordinary plan to exact the vengeance he craves. Assuming multiple identities – “the Count of Monte Cristo” among them – Dantès first courts his enemies, now highly placed dignitaries, the better to strike them down. But the price of revenge is heavy for one’s soul…

Organized by the Princeton University's Princeton Film Festival organization. We thank our sponsors and partners for their support (complete list here). Open to everyone regardless of identity. All rooms are wheelchair-friendly and attendees can contact us at filmfestival@princeton.edu for special accommodations (preferably 48 hours before the scheduled event). Please be aware that pictures might be taken before, during, and after the event.

Speakers

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Céline Brossillon

Dr. Céline Brossillon joined the Department of Modern Languages at Ursinus College as an Assistant Professor of French in 2015. She received her Ph.D. in French literature and culture from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris in 2011, and has taught French language, and Francophone culture and literature at various institutions, including Harvard University, Princeton University and Williams College. Her work focuses on the crisis of masculinity at the end of the 19th c, and the connection between solitude and madness in French and Francophone literature. She is particularly interested in deviant behaviors that result from overextended isolation. Her research engages with multiple fields such as cultural anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, and psychiatry.



She is the Coordinator of the Comparative and Global Literatures Minor.


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