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Les Misérables
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
2012 · Directed by Tom Hooper · 158 min · History · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 11 frames
Tagline
Fight. Dream. Hope. Love.
Plot
In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after a nineteen-year sentence for stealing bread and attempting to escape the sentence. His paroled status prevents him from finding work or accommodation, but he is sheltered by the kindly Bishop of Digne. Valjean attempts to steal his silverware and is captured, but the bishop claims he gave him the silver and tells him to use it to begin an honest life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole and assumes a new identity, intending to redeem others.
Eight years later, Valjean is a respected factory owner and mayor of Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais. He is startled when Javert, formerly a Toulon prison guard, arrives as his new chief of police. Witnessing Valjean rescue a worker trapped under a cart makes Javert suspect the former's true identity. Meanwhile, one of Valjean's workers, Fantine, is fired by the foreman when she is revealed to have an illegitimate daughter, Cosette, residing with the greedy Thénardiers, to whom Fantine sends her earnings.
Out on the streets and increasingly ill, Fantine sells her hair, teeth and eventually her body to support Cosette. Javert arrests her after she physically attacks a sexually abusive client, but Valjean recognises her and takes her to the hospital, much to Javert's suspicion and anger. Learning that a man has been wrongly identified as him, Valjean reveals his identity to the court before returning to the dying Fantine, promising to care for Cosette. Javert arrives to arrest him but he escapes to the Thénardiers' inn. Valjean pays Fantine's debts, then flees from Javert with Cosette.
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Crew
- Screenplay: William Nicholson
- Written by: Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
- Cinematography: Danny Cohen
- Edited by: Melanie Oliver, Chris Dickens
- Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Production design: Eve Stewart
- Produced by: Tim Bevan, Cameron Mackintosh, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward
Cast
- Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean
- Russell Crowe as Javert
- Amanda Seyfried as Cosette
- Anne Hathaway as Fantine
- Eddie Redmayne as Marius Pontmercy
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Monsieur Thénardier
- Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thénardier
- Aaron Tveit as Enjolras
- Samantha Barks as Éponine Thénardier
- Daniel Huttlestone as Gavroche
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Working Title, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd., Relativity Media
- Budget: $61,000,000
- Box office: $442,636,309
- Themes: rebellion, army, robbery, france, based on novel or book, love triangle, love at first sight, brothel, mayor, french revolution
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