![]() Valjean takes pity on Fantine the prostitute (Angela Pleasence), and upon her death, seeks out her child Cosette (Joanna Price) and rescues her from her uncaring foster parents (one of whom is played by Ian Holm). And hey, doesn’t that mayor dude look terribly familiar? (Not as if Javert carries a grudge or anything.) Ten years later, he’s the mayor of a small town … who then happens to hire a new chief of police: Javert. Rinse and repeat.Įventually, he actually manages to escape without getting caught, and gets aided by a bishop to start a new life. When those five years are nearly up, the stupid bastard tries to escape, is caught, and a further five years is added to his sentence. He steals a loaf of bread to help feed his sister’s family, but gets caught and is put in jail, where Javert (Anthony Perkins) is either the warden or something similar. Then again, TV films can afford to be that. This was my first adaptation of the story, and – compared to another one which I’ll be posting a review of at a later date – it’s very detailed. TV film review: Les Misérables (1978), directed by Glenn Jordanīefore the popular film-based-on-the-musical, there have been other adaptations of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.
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