PARIS — France has put its Oscar hopes this year in “Les Misérables,” a film that nods to Victor Hugo’s classic but is very much a modern-day story of inequality and heavy-handed policing.

The superstar producer recently told Variety that the acclaimed movie musical "is currently ... the novel and in turn the music. The story of ‘Les Mis’ becomes more poignant and more of ...

Les Miserables is one of the most popular theatrical musicals, with 60 million tickets sold in 42 countries. Producers of the movie version are hoping to attract a lot of those fans, too.

But it also makes for a film that, when all the emotions are ... are two words that will never be used to describe this Les Miserables, which, for all its length, fails to adequately establish ...

Ladj Ly had already beaten the odds by world premiering in competition at Cannes and winning the jury prize with his feature debut “Les Miserables.” Ly has now scored an Oscar nomination for ...

(CBS News) The first poster for the film adaptation of "Les Miserables" has arrived, but it doesn't show any of the big-name stars that appear (and sing) in the film. What it does show will look ...

Happily, there`s a more practical alternative: Watch one of the film treatments that the book has inspired over the years. The 1935 version of ”Les Miserables” benefits from the powerhouse ...

But what a letdown. Speaking as a real fan of the musical “Les Miserables,” I must say this film version is a huge disappointment. The movie is much better seen than heard, and when you’re ...

Justine Triet with a ‘Sous les écrans la dèche’ pin at last year’s Cannes Film Festival (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images). Just before last year’s Cannes Film Festival opening ...

THR: Is the movie ultimately as good a way to get into Les Miserables as the play? Boublil: I hope it will be, and I think that, like the stage show, it’s going to make a lot more people buy the ...

the iconic protagonist of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misérables,” is being brought to the bigscreen by Éric Besnard, the French director of 18th-century set movie “Delicieux.” ...

The "deluxe", 2 CD soundtrack version of Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the stage musical LES MISERABLES will be released on March 18, and the movie's UK Facebook page has just announced the ...