Les Mis%C3%A9rables (2012 film)

Les Misrables is a 2012 British epic romantic musical period drama film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and ClaudeMichel Schnberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo. The film is directed by Tom Hooper, scripted by William Nicholson, Boublil, Schnberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, and stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried.

The film received generally favourable reviews, with many critics praising the cast, and Jackman, Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks being the most often singled out for praise. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Jackman and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture for Hathaway. It also won four British Academy Film Awards BAFTA, including the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Hathaway. It received eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture the first musical nominated since 2002s winner Chicago and Best Actor for Jackman, and won three, for Best Sound Mixing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Supporting Actress for Hathaway.In 1815, convict Jean Valjean is released on parole by prison guard Javert after serving a nineteenyear sentence for stealing a loaf of bread and numerous escape attempts. His paroled status ensures he gets no employment or accommodation, but he is offered food and shelter by the Bishop of Digne. Valjean repays the bishop by stealing his silver during the night. When he is captured by the constables, the Bishop tells them that the silver was given as a gift, securing Valjeans release. The Bishop tells Valjean to take the silver and do something worthwhile with his life. Moved by the Bishops grace, Valjean breaks his parole and vows to start a new life under a new identity. ........

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