Fred Cavayé’s ‘Les Misérables’: A 179-Minute French-Language Hugo Adaptation
Fred Cavayé’s French-language adaptation of Victor Hugo’s «Les Misérables» has a reported $37 million budget. The 179-minute film stars Vincent Lindon, Tahar Rahim, Camille Cottin and Noémie Merlant, but contains no singing.
Fred Cavayé has directed a new French-language adaptation of Victor Hugo’s «Les Misérables». The film runs 179 minutes and is not a musical: its characters do not sing.
The cast includes Vincent Lindon, Tahar Rahim, Camille Cottin and Noémie Merlant. Its budget is reported to be $37 million.
A lavish 19th-century production
The film depicts 19th-century France through battlefields, sweeping aerial views of digitally rendered cityscapes, taverns and courtrooms filled with costumed extras.
Despite its scale and expensive production design, the review describes the adaptation as lacking dramatic force and political curiosity. Its major roles are characterized as broadly archetypal.
The film draws on Hugo’s 1,462-page novel, but the review argues that its visual scale does not produce convincing gritty realism.
What we know
- The new «Les Misérables» adaptation runs for 179 minutes and contains no singing.
- The cast includes Vincent Lindon, Tahar Rahim, Camille Cottin and Noémie Merlant.
- The film has a reported budget of $37 million.
- Its production depicts battlefields and digitally rendered 19th-century French cityscapes.
What is being verified
- The newsroom is checking the report that the new Les Misérables adaptation runs for 179 minutes and contains no singing.
- Reporting from Variety Film is being compared; a second independent confirmation is not yet available.
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