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L'Autre Dumas ( The Other Dumas)
Directed by	Safy Nebbou
Written by	Gilles Taurand, Safy Nebbou, from the play by Cyril Gely and Eric Rouquette
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Benoît Poelvoorde Dominique Blanc Catherine Mouchet
Release date(s)	10 February 2010
Country	France
Language	French

L'Autre Dumas (The Other Dumas) is a French film, directed by Safy Nebbou, released in 2010.

Synopsis

February 1848. Alexandre Dumas (Gérard Depardieu) is at the height of his fame. He has withdrawn for a few days into the immense Château de Monte-Cristo near Le Port-Marly, that he is building. There he works with his collaborator, Auguste Maquet, (Benoît Poelvoorde). If the books bear Dumas' name, the tiring work undertaken by Maquet is colossal. Nevertheless, for ten years, Maquet has remained in the great man's shadow and never challenged his supremacy. When a quarrel breaks out between the two men a crucial question presents itself: what is the exact part each man has in the work's success. Who is the father of d'Artagnan, and of Monte Cristo? In short, who is really the author? Their relationship, so peaceful until this point is placed in doubt and topples over into confrontation. And not far away, in Paris, a revolution is building which will seal the fate of another relationship - that of Louis-Philippe , with the people of France.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu - Alexandre Dumas
• Benoît Poelvoorde - Auguste Maquet
• Dominique Blanc - Céleste Scriwaneck
• Catherine Mouchet - Caroline Maquet
• Mélanie Thierry - Charlotte Desrives
• Jean-Christophe Bouvet - M.Bocquin
• Philippe Magnan - Guizot
• Florence Pernel - Ida Ferrier Dumas
• Christian Abart - Inspecteur Flanchet
• Michel Duchaussoy - Sub-prefect Crémieux
• Roger Dumas - M. de Saint Omer