Victor Hugo's classic novel of a prisoner on the run gets a reworking by Josee Dayan in this 3 hour film version. The highlight of this film (other than the beautiful lack of overblown musical maladies) is the casting. Gerard Depardieu uses his ambiguous persona to great effect as Jean Valjean; the captivating Charlotte Gainsbourg as Fantine; an angelic Virginie Ledoyen as her orphaned daughter and the menacing urbanity of John Malkovich is excellently projected onto Valjean's nemesis Javert. As find out more...

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Britain is under the grip of a brutal totalitarian regime but while the people live in wilful ignorance of their lack of basic freedoms one man is determined to bring about revolution and wreak vengeance on those that created him. Taking Guy Fawkes as his inspiration V sets in motion a chain of bloody and explosive events designed to bring the government to its knees and provide the populace with an opportunity to seize back their free will, should their apathy and fear allow them. Adapted fr find out more...