‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ Producer Dimitri Rassam Talks Lessons Learned, Hybrid Int’l Distribution Strategy & English-Language Plans As Swashbuckler Wows Cannes
deadline.comFrench producer Dimitri Rassam is enjoying a high-profile Cannes Film Festival as producer of Competition title Limonov: The Ballad and The Count Of Monte Cristo, which scored a rousing 12-minute ovation at its Out of Competition debut. “It’s my first film in Competition, it has been a tremendous ride,” says Rassam, who is a producer on Limonov under his Paris-based Chapter 2 banner, alongside Italy’s Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani and Ilya Stewart.
Rassam is no stranger to the Cannes red carpet having regularly accompanied his actress mother Carole Bouquet in his early 20s, before mounting the festival’s famed steps in his own right as the producer of The Little Prince and co-producer of L’Immensità.
Cinema is also in his blood on his paternal side through his late producer father Jean-Pierre Rassam, and uncle Paul Rassam, the long-time friend and collaborator of Francis Ford Coppola who has lent his support to the director’s $120M passion project Megalopolis, which is also in Competition this year.
Rassam will undoubtedly be relieved by the enthusiastic audience response to The Count of Monte Cristo as well as the strong reviews, with Deadline reviewer Pete Hammond declaring it “one of the best films” he had seen this Cannes.
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