Episode 6 The revolutionaries and the army prepare for the next assault, and the fighting becomes bloody and desperate. Her operatic storyline—which quickly escalates from a betrayal by the gentleman who fathered her daughter to penury, disease, street prostitution and the selling of teeth—may be the hardest to adapt in a way that feels relevant today. Valjean breaks free from the guards to find Fantine in the infirmary, where he makes a promise to Fantine that changes everything.Episode 4 In 1832, teenage Cosette and Valjean make a new start in Paris, though Valjean worries it may be dangerous. The translation for 21st-century sensibilities isn’t perfect, however. The makers of the latest adaptation, a six-part BBC miniseries arriving in the U.S. via PBS’s Masterpiece on April 14, set out explicitly to restore the novel’s ideological potency. Jean Valjean is nearing the end of his sentence at the prison hulks in Toulon after serving 19 years for a petty crime and is released by ambitious prison guard Javert. Teamed up with director Tom Shankland, Davies spends a good one-third of the episodes establishing the world and its colorful characters. In a similar character flip, Oyelowo is best known for playing civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in “Selma,” but here has no intention of championing the marginalized or challenging authority. The series builds to its biggest set piece organically, albeit in a one-sided manner. For viewers, there is that expectation of calamity, and it’s best to lean in and revel in the awfulness with the promise of uplifted spirits and blood-stirring scenes to come. He is the authority, and Oyelowo is unbending and bombastic without appearing too villainous. Pulled from love to tragedy by forces beyond her control, she’s a woman defined by the horrors she suffers. Dominic West and David Oyelowo, “Les Miserables”. David Oyelowo as Javert and Dominic West as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on PBS’s Masterpiece. Tannbach in the 1960s. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. “Les Misérables” kicks off the first of six parts on Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. The Thenardiers plot their revenge against their old nemesis. Martin’s eye. And it does so by keeping the narrative clear and allowing character-driven scenes to breathe. Clip | 1m 55s We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. The stars of Les Misérables discuss the differences between the musical and their epic new drama. You will be redirected back to your article in, Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. This mammoth undertaking would be nothing without Valjean and Javert, whose characters contain multitudes, and the BBC and PBS had the grace to find and reflect that in them. Get a recap of all the action and all the feels in Les Misérables' heart-wrenching finale. Problems Playing Video?

But oh, it is the supremely likable Oscar winner Olivia Colman who steals every scene she’s in as the loathsome yet hilarious Madame Thénardier.

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Six hours may seem luxurious, but it’s a tight squeeze for the 1500-page tome. Javert confronts Valjean. More creative directing could’ve mitigated against this flatness, but Shankland (whose direction moved nimbly between genres and styles in the first season of The Missing) sticks surprisingly close to period-drama boilerplate. Directed by Nick Morris, Laurence Connor, James Powell. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. By signing up you are agreeing to our, 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' Reimagines a Classic Ghost Story, Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know now on politics, health and more, © 2020 TIME USA, LLC. But when all the cannons are fired and last stands are taken, the sacrifices given do not feel insignificant. All Rights Reserved.

And you wonder if anything has been learned.” His characters speak in much the same way.
Davies and director Tom Shankland show far more investment in bringing Valjean, Javert and the political chaos of 19th-century France into the present. Jean Valjean is leading a new life as Monsieur Madeleine, mayor of the town, and owner of the factory. With Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Adeel Akhtar, David Bradley. It’s exciting to see the BBC subvert the whiteness of the European canon by recruiting a diverse cast; great actors shouldn’t be limited by the color of their skin.

You've just tried to add this show to My List. Andrew Davies is no stranger to tackling epic tomes such as “War and Peace” and does a credible job wrestling Hugo’s nearly 2,000-page opus to the screen. There is genuine, if fatalistic, joy in Fantine with her first love — from the first giddy glances and courtship to its orchestrated and insightful “surprise.” And even though there’s a bit of Romeo and Juliet shallowness to Cosette’s crush-turned-soulmate, there’s never any doubt about the swoon-worthy magnetism or rightness of her pairing on screen. Her plight remains as stagy as it was onstage. This forces the words, the acting, and the pacing to stand on their own to evoke emotion, without relying on swelling choruses. Barring a few rushed and confused scenes in the later episodes when citywide unrest begins, this new version earns every smile, groan, tear, and gnashing of teeth. The early tragedies and inequities are the worst and hardest to stomach, sometimes crossing over into unintentional farce. “People are taking to the streets in Paris right now, but the inequalities are here in Britain too. This is, after all, the story of two warring men who represent diametrically opposed points of view on humanity. Watch on air or online. MASTERPIECE: Les Miserables Against the epic backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, Les Miserables is the story of Jean Valjean (Dominic West, The Affair), a former convict unable to escape the shadow of his past life. He’s a worthy main antagonist who is crushingly fallible. We can remove the first video in the list to add this one. For viewers in the U.S., there are additional timely echoes of mass incarceration, the exploitation of underpaid prison laborers and the rise of a young, fired-up left. “Les Misérables” kicks off the first of six parts on Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m.

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