The motion picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation. With an Oscar-winning director and an all-star cast featuring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hatherway and Eddie Redmayne, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption in 19th-century France —a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. After serving a long prison sentence for a petty crime, Jean Valjean becomes a noble force for good. But he reckons without Inspector Javert, the policeman who pursues him obsessively for breaking his parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
Les Misérables is an award winning film; the awards it has won are the Oscars for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Best Sound Mixing, Best Make-up and Hair Styling and the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress.
First published in 1862, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables has been adapted for radio, television, film, comic book and, of course, the stage. Though these adaptations the story has been romanticised, contemporised and even had a sequel. Tom Hooper charged himself to create a grand film version worthy of the stage musical. An interesting aspect of Hooper's direction was that he had the actors sing their songs live on-set which means that the finished film has no lip-syncing or post-production vocal enhancements.
*feast for the eyes and ears, Les Misérables overflows with humor, heartbreak, rousing action and ravishing romance. Damn the imperfections, it's perfectly marvelous* Rolling Stone
*like its characters, ragged around the edges, this nevertheless rings with all the emotion and power of the source and provides a new model for the movie musical* Empire
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Les Misérables is screening on: Friday 15th March at 7.45pm, Saturday 16th March at 10.45am & 7.45pm, Monday 18th March at 2pm & 7.45pm, Wednesday 20th March at 2pm, Thursday 21st March at 10.45am (CineCubs parent & baby screening - no admittance without a baby under 12 months).
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