Montecristo_(Argentine_TV_series)
Montecristo (Argentine TV series)
2006 Argentine television series
Montecristo: Un Amor, Una Venganza (Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge) is an Argentine telenovela which premiered April 25, 2006 on Telefe.[1] Loosely based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Montecristo is Telefe's most popular novela[2] and was called "the hottest telenovela in Argentina" by Variety in 2007.[3]
Like Dumas' novel, the novela is a tale of revenge, with this version featuring "drug trafficking, kidnapping and military dictatorships."[3] It was directed by Miguel Colom, and stars Pablo Echarri and Paola Krum.[4]