

Les Miserables(1995)
In a time of chaos, in a world of change, he was moved by a book he could not read to become a hero he never imagined.
In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.



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In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
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1995-03-22
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In a time of chaos, in a world of change, he was moved by a book he could not read to become a hero he never imagined.
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