Maria Ventura

De retour de la guerre Marceau Le guern se souvient. Éduqué dans un orphelinat dirigé par des frères Dominicains, il tombe dans la misère dès sa sortie. Bel homme, il attire toutefois l'attention de Madame Alice, une femme vénale qui le persuade de poser pour des photos pornographiques destinées à des femmes solitaires. Avant la guerre, il devient même gigolo. Désormais, il veut prendre un nouveau départ. Il tombe sous le charme d'une jeune femme nommée Dominique. Mais Madame Alice ne veut pas en entendre parler...

The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more wretched by his inability to provide sufficient food. He goes out in search of work, but is unsuccessful. Finally, in desperation, he steals a loaf of bread regardless of consequences. He hastens home with it, pursued by a crowd, and gives it to his mother. Valjean is arrested for the theft and sentenced to five years at hard labor.

Jean Valjean, guilty of a minor theft of food, is pursued and hounded for years by a relentless lawman, Javert.

The Thenardiers and their small daughter, Eponine, and young son, Gavroche, are seen at their dingy country tavern. Here little Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, is seen performing drudgery and menial tasks. The Thenardiers are treating their own children kindly, but are cruel to Cosette.

The rebellion of 1832 is on. There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his life, joins the mob and becomes a fighter in the ranks of the insurgents.

Early film version of the famous play.