Les Misérables

Claude Lelouch's most ambitious film, in the humanistic tradition typical of his work, has his familiar trademark of romantic optimism. It is a monumental multi-faceted saga (with a grand budget, some 100 acting roles, 5,000 extras, etc.), which combines, with typical visual lavishness, French literary classics and the history of France in the first half of the century, and also pays homage to the masterpieces of French cinema.