The novel signed by Alexander Dumas in 1844, The Three Musketeers, was an immediate success and almost 180 years later it continues to enchant generation after generation. Already adopting anachronism, the adventure brings together real characters mixed with fictional ones and inspired by real people, creating a fun, surprising and addictive narrative. Film and TV naturally love the book and have created countless adaptations, some better than others. In 2023, the French superproduction takes up the original and made two luxurious, modern, and irresistible films for Dumas fans. The first, The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan, is available on VOD.

The super-production, the first French one in over 60 years, was a millionaire, but has had a response at the box office in the country (internationally, unsurprisingly, the response was less) and has the first part centered on D’Artagnan and the second on Milady, following the model of the most popular adaptation of the work in Hollywood, in the 1970s, directed by Richard Lester. As is common, it brings together a cast of great French stars, being fun and exciting, even for those who know all the plot twists. Obviously, there are “updates”, with LGBT touches, the modernization of the assassination attempt, and a revision in women’s attitudes (the romance between Constance (Lyna Khoudri) and D’Artagnan (François Civil), as well as a new approach to romance. it gets in the way and it’s not with a heavy hand.

In this first part, we see the young D’Artagnan (François Civil) on his way to Paris, wanting to be one of the king’s elite musketeers and bumping into what seems to be different ‘robberies’ and attacks, but which, little by little, we see being something more tied up. As tradition says, the young swordsman clumsily meets three veteran musketeers – Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï), and Aramis (Romain Duris) – in which he incites duels with each one, but are interrupted by Cardinal Richelieu’s soldiers. (Eric Ruf), forming a bond between the four more than rivalry. “One for all, all for one” is the motto of the musketeers. Obviously sung in the clash.

From there, the four are dragged into an already ongoing plot, which is Richelieu’s plan to involve Queen Anne (Vicky Krieps) in a false plot of treason against the (weak) King Louis XIII (Louis Garrel). With the help of Milady (Eva Green), he attracts the Queen’s English admirer, the Duke of Buckingham (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) and the goal is to force a new religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. The part where they create the subplot to frame Athos on a false murder charge is new, but it doesn’t get in the way.

A fun film that makes us look forward to the second part, scheduled to hit theaters in December.

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