DirectorLadj Ly’s feature debut “Les Misérables” (2019) borrows a title, heady themes of inequality and police corruption and even a setting (the Parisian suburb of Montfermeil) from Victor Hugo’s ...
Ladj Ly, the French filmmaker whose bold feature debut “Les Misérables” won the jury prize at Cannes in 2019 and earned an Oscar nomination, is set to write and direct “Dumas: Black Devil.” The epic ...
Most people think "Les Misérables" is about politics. But Franklin & Marshall College French professor Lisa Gasbarrone is convinced it's about religion. "If (Victor Hugo) wanted to emphasize politics, ...