Les Miserables

This drama is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables, reimagining the story within a 20th-century French setting. The narrative begins at the turn of the century with the death of a count and the wrongful arrest of his driver, Henri Fortin. The plot later shifts to the era of the German occupation during World War II, focusing on Fortin's son, who has become a boxing champion. While helping a Jewish lawyer and his family escape to Switzerland, the illiterate Fortin is introduced to the original novel and begins to recognize similarities between the fictional events and his own life experiences.

The film was written, produced, and directed by Claude Lelouch, appearing as the seventh entry in the chronological list of his directed works. The cast features Jean-Paul Belmondo in the role of Henri Fortin, alongside Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, and Philippe Léotard. Produced in France by Canal+, TF1, and Les Films 13, the movie has a runtime of 175 minutes. On TMDB, the film holds a rating of 6.6/10 based on 87 votes. This audience score is slightly lower than the rating provided by film critics, who gave the movie a 7.1/10 based on 21 reviews.