Anamaria Vartolomei

A young Isabelle de Merteuil rises to power in this HBO prequel to Choderlos de Laclos's timeless tale of seduction and betrayal, Dangerous Liaisons.

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice 2021, this adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel looks back on the author's experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.