Victor Hugo's epic 19th-century commentary on social injustice is brought expertly to the screen in spine-tingling, triple Oscar®-winning fashion.
The drama follows the eventful life of Gallic convict Jean Valjean (an Oscar®-nominated Hugh Jackman) who jumps his parole and builds a new existence as a respectable town mayor. With the kindling of revolution beginning to smoulder, he finds himself caught between his misunderstood past and attempts at redemption, before being forced to make some decisions that will forever affect his life and those of his police captain pursuer Javert (Russell Crowe) and the young orphan girl Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) whom he saved and raised as his own.
Les Miserables is a Film programme that first aired in 1998 and has been classified a 12 certificate.
