After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed
by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison
workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from
stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert
vows to bring Valjean back to p
rison. Eight years
later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her
mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means
that peace will be a long time coming.
