Marius fulfills her request and goes into a tavern to read the letter. It is written by Cosette. He learns Cosette's whereabouts and he writes a farewell letter to her. He sends Gavroche to deliver it to her, but Gavroche leaves it with Valjean. Valjean, learning that Cosette's lover is fighting, is at first relieved, but an hour later, he puts on a National Guard uniform, arms himself with a gun and ammunition, and leaves his home. Eames, Tom (18 September 2012). " Les Misérables release date moved to Christmas Day in US". Digital Spy . Retrieved 9 November 2014. Nine years later, Valjean has become a philanthropist to the poor in Paris. General Lamarque, the only government official sympathetic to the poor, dies, and the revolutionist group Friends of the ABC plot against the monarchy. Marius Pontmercy, a member of the Friends, falls in love with Cosette at first sight and asks Éponine, the Thénardiers' daughter, to find her. He and Cosette meet and confess their love; Éponine, herself in love with Marius, is heartbroken. a b Fowler, Tara (18 September 2012). " Les Misérables moves release date to Christmas Day". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 18 September 2012.

Bishop Myriel – The Bishop of Digne (full name Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel, also called Monseigneur Bienvenu) – A kindly old priest promoted to bishop after a chance encounter with Napoleon. After Valjean steals some silver from him, he saves Valjean from being arrested and inspires Valjean to change his ways. The cast began rehearsals in January 2012, with principal photography due to begin in March. [77] The press officially confirmed Baron Cohen's casting during the latter month. [35] No table read took place before filming. [26] Filming [ edit ] Tom Hooper directing the second unit of Les Misérables on location in Winchester in April 2012 The film's set at Greenwich Naval College Best Original Score - Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) and Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boublil (lyrics) Victor Hugo, Things Seen, vol. 1 (Glasgow and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887), 49–52. The chapter is title "1841. Origin of Fantine". Behr quotes this passage at length in Behr 1993, 32–36. Labrecque, Jeff (8 December 2011). "Sacha Baron Cohen in talks for Les Misérables". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 28 July 2012.A. F. Davidson, Victor Hugo: His Life And Work (J. B. Lippincott, 1929), Kindle Location 4026, 4189

a b "Samantha Barks to Play Éponine in film of Les Misérables". Broadway World. 31 January 2012 . Retrieved 28 July 2012. Patches, Matt (24 December 2012). " Les Mis Star Amanda Seyfried on Cosette: 'We Needed to Find Ways to Make Her Interesting' ". Hollywood.com . Retrieved 27 December 2012.The story begins in 1815 in Digne, as the peasant Jean Valjean, just released from 19 years' imprisonment in the Bagne of Toulon—five for stealing bread for his starving sister and her family and fourteen more for numerous escape attempts—is turned away by innkeepers because his yellow passport marks him as a former convict. He sleeps on the street, angry and bitter.