After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.

An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. He is also there to face the memories of his first love. The people & places he returns to evoke many feelings from the past.

Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris' leading courtesan.

During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.