CINEMA CYCLE — LES MISÉRABLES

The scene of joy that opens the film, following France’s victory in the 2018 World Cup, is but a fading memory after a police blunder leads to a chain of tragic events. Les Misérables, a powerful and vibrant film, shows us a society in conflict with opposing worlds — those who dominate versus those who are dominated, the powerful versus the wretched — and examines individuals’ relationship to power and to others.

Film echoing The Threepenny Opera.