The Count of Monte Cristo vs Touching the Void
The Count of Monte Cristo has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.6/10 for Touching the Void). Touching the Void is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 58m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2024). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Touching the Void| The Count of Monte Cristo | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 58m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | Laurent Lafitte, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Pierfrancesco Favino | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
The Count of Monte Cristo
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.
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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