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[ashthedreamer]

@EloiseT

It’s pronounced Haydeh, almost Hayyy-deh (hard to write dé French sound because it’s it a dee or a day, it’s in between). But the Anglicised is Hay-dee.

Movie was very good - beautifully shot, gorgeous locations, well-acted, the prison scenes especially powerful, full three hours, and yet it needed (imo) to spend more time on his life before capture and his life as the Count of MC (enjoying his new status) and more on setting up/explaining the political stakes. It felt too focused on his personal revenge (one down, two to go etc) and it became a bit parochial & hollow somehow. There was something missing in his relationship with Mercedes. But I get there are limits of film and it couldn’t really be any longer! Definitely worthwhile - was great to settle into something epic.

I definitely sympathize with that, I never know how to write how to say the accent aïgu. Hay-Dee does translate very nicely in English, though! I’m learning Portuguese currently with a Brazilian emphasis, so my instinct is to say it the Brazilian Portuguese way

That does sound worth tracking down, at least! I’m a big fan of Hugo & Dumas. I think I saw there was a BBC miniseries of it as well last year? I don’t know how I missed both, lol.