Les Misérables (2012)
- Release Date
- December 18, 2012
- Director
- Tom Hooper
- Cast
- Anne Hathaway , Amanda Seyfried , Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe , Sacha Baron Cohen , Helena Bonham Carter
- Runtime
- 157
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Claude-Michel Schönberg , Alain Boublil , Victor Hugo , Herbert Kretzmer , Jean-Marc Natel , James Fenton
- Tagline
- Fight. Dream. Hope. Love.
Summary
The motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France,the film tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption - a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Ex-prisoner Jean Valjean is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
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