![]() ![]() ![]() In the Uprising battle that ensues, Valjean does indeed rescue Marius, while all Marius’ other companions are killed by government forces. (Valjean sings “Bring Him Home” at that point.) Marius falls in love with Valjean’s foster daughter, Cosette, and Valjean goes off to protect Marius before an emotionally climactic scene of the novel and film, the Paris Uprising of 1832. I have no surprise whatsoever at his response.Įddie Redmayne, a British actor and singer who was once an Eton classmate of Prince William, in the movie plays the role of Marius Pontmercy, the wealthy young man who joins the student revolutionaries as they try to establish a Republic amidst all the political intrigue that arose in the twenty-some years since the fall of Napoleon. In an earlier entry, 2K, 1 by 1, I referred to one of the centerpiece songs of the musical, sung by Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman in the current movie), “Bring Him Home.” The poet in A Soul’s Walk refers to another such centerpiece song, “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.” I can only assume that he had seen the movie on Christmas as well. Les Misérables, originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh from a French musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, is a story of loss, justice, mercy, and redemption. While my son did remark that he had not planned on there being “so much singing,” I am pleased to report that I succeeded in getting both halves of my wish. to do so without my children’s complaining. to go see the movie Les Misérables on its opening day, and b). He wrote the day after I had enjoyed my one (albeit two-part) Christmas request of my family: a). Periodically he writes about war, noting in one entry that “ I have known a lot of people who are now dead.” I have always had the sense that he is no stranger to the painful consequences of combat. The poet is the writer of A Soul’s Walk, a blog that I follow regularly for the author’s inspired ability to link words that quite often ring for me from ear to soul. This past Thursday morning, I opened up my e-mail on my iPhone to find the following: ![]()
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