Unlike the stage version, that features a chain gang hammering away, Valjean appears to be… building a pyramid in the movie? The opening number “Prologue: Work Song” uses a very deliberate beat synced with the work - it may now be timed with the pulling of rope. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner.

Video archive for the film Les Misérables, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2012. Directed by Tom Hooper, the film features a cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Anne Hathaway. Jumping back in time, the trailer flashes to a shot of Valjean doing some heavy yanking while imprisoned in the Bagne of Toulon. After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for Les Misérables (2012). We see a few shots that hint at the monotony of the work and the women who will later torture Fatine with name calling in the song “At the End of the Day.” Since she’s not singing, this is probably the scene after her memorable number “Castle on a Cloud.”įantine spends her days working at a factory, one coincidentally owned by the rejuvenated Valjean. We don’t get to see that playful duo in this spot (their the comic relief, played by Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen), but we do see Cosette being sent out to fetch water from the well.

Most of Fantine’s struggles to earn money for her daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen), who lives with the Thénardiers, a pair of wretched caretakers.

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