Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. A parole violator in early 19th Century France is relentlessly pursued and persecuted by an obsessive policeman.Īfter stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave.

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