Les Misérables (1995)
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, (more)
- Director(s):
- Claude Lelouch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Not a strict adaptation of the oft-filmed Victor Hugo classic, director Claude Lelouch's ambitious epic instead focuses on the story of two men, a father and a son, whose life stories bear striking similarities to Hugo's character Jean Valjean. The father is Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a chauffeur (in 1900) wrongly accused of his employer's murder. Like Valjean, he is subjected to a harsh and unfair prison sentence. While Henri vainly attempts to escape his unjust fate, his family suffers, with his wife forced to raise their young son alone. The film jumps ahead several decades to show the adult life of this son (also Belmondo), a former boxer turned furniture mover who agrees to help smuggle a Jewish lawyer (Michel Boujenah) out of France during the Nazi occupation. Along the way, the lawyer reads to the younger Fortin from Les Misérables, and Fortin begins to imagine himself in the role of Jean Valjean, on the run from the obsessive Inspector Javert. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Henri Fortin
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Roger Fortin
- Alessandra Martines - Mme Ziman
- Philippe Léotard - Farmer
- Micheline Presle - Mother Superior
- Robert Hossein
- Pierre Vernier - Prison Boss
- Rufus - Tenardier
- Maurice Mons
- Michaël Cohen
- Jacques Gamblin - Verger
- Jacques Bonnot
- Antoine Dulery - Crazy Type
- Darry Cowl - Bookseller
- Philippe Khorsand - Javert
- Jacques Boudet
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Jean Valjean
- Michel Boujenah - Andre Ziman
- Annie Girardot - Farmer's Wife
- Clémentine Célarié - Mme Fortin
- Jean-Francois Derec
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier - Le comte de Villeneuve
- Isabelle Sadoyan
- Anne Marie Pisani
- Jean Marais - Mgr Myrie
- Salome - La fille Ziman
- Nathalie Cerda
- Peter Semler
- Cyrielle Claire
- Ticky Holgado - Kind Hoodlum
- Sylvie Joly
- Marie Bunel
- Director(s):
- Claude Lelouch
- Writer(s):
- Claude Lelouch
- Producer(s):
- Claude Lelouch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children, Mild Violence, Adult Situations)
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- 1995 - Les Misérables - French Academy of Cinema - Best Supporting Actress
- 1995 - Les Misérables - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Language Film
- 1995 - Les Misérables - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Language Film
