The other is a representative of law and order, but his implicit faith in these values makes him a cruel and heartless man. One is a thief, but capable of love and forgiveness through the sufferings he has experienced. August doesn't see them as mere opposites, as the representatives of good and evil, he sees them as two human beings. Director Bille August decided to stay true to the book, and he put special stress on the stories of convict Valjean and his nemesis, the police inspector Javert. One of the most troubled destinies impressed in our minds is the one of Jean Valjean, a literary and film hero.Īpproximately 1200 pages of the novel Les Misérables puts the authors of film adaptations before a tough task - what to leave in and what to leave out. However, great history always leaves a permanent print on individual lives.
It isn't hard to understand why people were beginning to rise against it all, their riots resulting in the French Revolution. The ideals of humanism were only slowly surfacing through a thick net of conservative tradition and prejudice. It only took a tiny offence and a few years of forced labour were considered as adequate punishment.
The gap between the poor and the rich was immense, and the reality of the social order merciless. Life on the turn of 18th and 19th centuries in France was definitely not all roses.
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