Plot Summary: Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives...
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It should have won some academy awards
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Date: 28 July 2001 Summary: It should have won some academy awards
This movie is outstanding and very well told. Liam Neeson is fascinating, he
should have won an oscar for best actor as well as Geofrey Rush for best
supporting actor. This movie is very well acted. The ending was excellent, I
enjoyed the whole movie from the beginning to the end. The plot isn't
difficult to follow, it's very understandable instead. The story tells about
a man from France who was in prison but he escaped of it, and a kind bishop
let him live with him even if he was a fugitive. He tried to steal some
silverware from the bishop's house, but the bishop found out about it and
instead of punishing him, he gave him some silver candles that helped him to
be the best major. After that, Javert (Geofrey Rush) who is a prefect looks
for him, but he saw him like a major, and nobody believed him that the major
was a fugitive from the justice. After several attempts the truth is
revealed and the major has to escape again from Javert and look for a little
girl who was adopted by a heartless family, he does it because a sick
employer pleaded to him to look for her before dying. He found the little
girl and took her with him for many years and lived with her in a convent.
After she was a young lady she didn't want to be a nun, she wanted to be in
love, so she got out of the house and saw a man, and she fell in love with
him, but his adopted father (the fugitive) didn't agree, because that was
time of revolution and also because he was hiding from the justice,
especially from Jarvert. Javert spotted him in the convent and tried to kill
him. The revolution took place too and many people got killed and the man
who was in love with the girl got very injured, after a while the fugitive
had the opportunity to kill Jarvert, but he didn't because of his honor.
Javert told him that he would never get rid of him, the only way to get rid
of him was his death. Javert got the fugitive (Liam Neeson) in order to kill
him, but he didn't, because he realized that the fugitive was a good person
who had honor and many qualities, so he kills himself by handcuffing himself
and drowning in a lake. At the ending he is free forever and his daughter
was happy with his love who was recovering from his wounds. Great movie, you
should see it.
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