A surprisingly effective updating of Victor Hugo's novel.
Les Miserables (1995)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:4
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 55 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A unique adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel. During WWII, a middle-aged man named Henri Fortin is helping the Ziman family flee from the Nazis. During their trek through France, the clan... A unique adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel. During WWII, a middle-aged man named Henri Fortin is helping the Ziman family flee from the Nazis. During their trek through France, the clan reads passages of "Les Miserables" to the illiterate Fortin, since their situation resembles that of the tome's protagonist, Jean Valjean. This sets the stage for a recreation of Hugo's novel, which mirrors the situations encountered by Fortin and the Zimans. [More]
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Clementine Celarie, Philippe Leotard, Rufus, Jean Marais, Micheline Presle, Philippe Khorsand
Director: Claude Lelouch
Director: Claude Lelouch
Reviews for Les Miserables
It's part of the magic Lelouch has worked that his story-of-all-stories theme matches the catch-all inclusiveness of his old-fashioned celluloid showmanship.
Aspectacular-looking film with those great settings and costumes that are a hallmark of French period films.
The film is a wealth of incident: boxing matches, prison escapes, overland chases, a train robbery, high society, low crimes.
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