Les Misérables
(2012)
Director:
Tom Hooper
Writer:
William Nicholson, Victor Hugo, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried
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.