2012 Movies : Musical

With Amanda Seyfried • Anne Hathaway • Russell Crowe • Sacha Baron Cohen • Hugh Jackman • Eddie Redmayne • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Liza Chasin • Debra Hayward • Samantha Barks • Tom Hooper • Cameron Mackintosh • Bill Nicholson • Aaron Tveit • Angela Morrison • Isabelle Allen

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Hugh Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Russell Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.