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  • Les Misérables - Epilogue: Fantine's (Anne Hathaway) spirit leads Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) to paradise.
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    FILM DESCRIPTION:
    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 prison. 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.
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    Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Colm Wilkinson, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman
    Screenwriter: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, William Nicholson
    Director: Tom Hooper
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  • @sloppyjoes7
    @sloppyjoes7 4 роки тому +6673

    The Bishop is the real hero of the story. It's so appropriate to see him here.

    • @billfisher9238
      @billfisher9238 4 роки тому +551

      more fitting than having Eponine welcome him after death--as in the play. she barely knew him. but the Bishop changed his life.

    • @UnfixedPython
      @UnfixedPython 4 роки тому +184

      @Jonathan Loh the original Valjean meets Wolverine Valjean 😂

    • @beccadarin758
      @beccadarin758 4 роки тому +186

      @@billfisher9238 it was fantine.
      I think it's fitting she was there. She left the world knowing her daughter would be ok, then he became a new man. Fantine gave him a new purpose.

    • @BrassMaster84
      @BrassMaster84 4 роки тому +201

      @@billfisher9238 The Bishop put the whole story in motion. If he hadn't "straightened out" Valjean, then Fantine, Cosette, Marius, and others would have had a much worse fate.

    • @erinloker4861
      @erinloker4861 4 роки тому +59

      @@billfisher9238 I think Eponine was there in the musical because Jean Valjean saved Marius at the barricade

  • @alejandragutierrez7843
    @alejandragutierrez7843 4 роки тому +7539

    I heard once that Marius can hear the song of the revolution because a part of him died with his friends.

  • @theia1653
    @theia1653 4 роки тому +3478

    When he stole the bishop's silver, he was going to go to prison again. The bishop told the constables it was a gift, giving him a second chance. He told Valjean to take it and use it to become a better person, and he did.

    • @charlescourtwright2229
      @charlescourtwright2229 3 роки тому +110

      if you look at the altar, he still has the candle sticks

    • @kamuelufomai4268
      @kamuelufomai4268 3 роки тому +17

      @John Q. he was given a lot of silver so I’m pretty sure he kept the candle sticks

    • @kamuelufomai4268
      @kamuelufomai4268 3 роки тому +51

      @John Q. but he didn’t sell the candle sticks because in the book he keeps the candle sticks as a reminder

    • @VideoMask93
      @VideoMask93 3 роки тому +16

      @@charlescourtwright2229 This is a detail in the stage version, too.

    • @NH7Nico
      @NH7Nico 3 роки тому +9

      In real life, Jean Valjean would have steal another bishop and actually go to prison. The end.

  • @yafawi3729
    @yafawi3729 4 роки тому +2897

    I dont cry fast, but this scene had me chopping onions.

    • @rebeccamatthews5678
      @rebeccamatthews5678 4 роки тому +2

      Yannick van den Broek same here

    • @justindems7436
      @justindems7436 4 роки тому +28

      I m pretty sure we all cried at least the first time😅
      I mean when you discover such a beautiful story ,espacially for nearly 3 hours , with attaching characters like Jean Valjean and then you get this scene at the end...how could anybody not cry?

    • @rickblaine9670
      @rickblaine9670 4 роки тому +10

      Me too. Even more with the book. There’s obviously no final parade in Heaven there, but it’s incredibly heartwarming to see someone (Marius) FINALLY give Jean Valjean credit for all the good he did. I mean, people were always grateful to his fake selves, like Madeleine and Fauchelevent. And he was always convinced they would’ve all hated him, had they known who he really was (or had been). But now someone is speaking to him as his true self, and calling him a hero.
      And Cosette is there to hear it, which surely helps the onions to do their job.

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 4 роки тому +5

      @@justindems7436 I still cry if I listen to this enough times in a row... which I often do, because I have a problem with listening to stuff I really like on repeat.

    • @staakv90
      @staakv90 3 роки тому

      same here. Impossible not to :)

  • @beccadarin758
    @beccadarin758 4 роки тому +1127

    I love that the bishop and fantine are the ones to welcome him into the afterlife. They both gave him a new life in different ways, and made him the man he became.

    • @MrAqr2598
      @MrAqr2598 Рік тому +14

      I believe Éponine welcomed him instead of the bishop in the play.

    • @luigicavallo270
      @luigicavallo270 Рік тому +21

      @@MrAqr2598 aye an' that makes absolutely zero sense 'cause the two of 'em don't have scenes together

    • @sarahtaggart8028
      @sarahtaggart8028 Рік тому +9

      the Bishop makes the movie

    • @galvagames7490
      @galvagames7490 11 місяців тому +1

      @@MrAqr2598She did, that way it could put her in the finale. But it doesn’t make it.

    • @MrAqr2598
      @MrAqr2598 11 місяців тому

      @@luigicavallo270 I know; I don't even think Éponine had many scenes, if ever, with Valjean.

  • @davidpietarila699
    @davidpietarila699 3 роки тому +3140

    “To love another person is to see the face of God”
    Simple yet powerful truth.

    • @multienergy3684
      @multienergy3684 3 роки тому +67

      Yep, Christ won't judge us by complicated and religious things such us "you belived in me" or "you didn't belive in me", in jesus' Second Coming, he will judge us on simple and secular things, such us "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. [...]The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me'. " (Matthew 25: 35-36,40), all the same for atheists, christians, pagans, ecc.

    • @thukhahninhtet8928
      @thukhahninhtet8928 3 роки тому +32

      i love this lyrics it's so beautiful and the way they sing this is so peaceful and feel calm from the heart

    • @stillwhatevs
      @stillwhatevs 3 роки тому +8

      @@thukhahninhtet8928 I think it's a line from the book.

    • @jeremyhill9720
      @jeremyhill9720 3 роки тому +33

      Romans 13:8. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

    • @jeremyhill9720
      @jeremyhill9720 3 роки тому +28

      @@multienergy3684 While I do enjoy the sentiment of what you're saying, it's not supported by scripture. John 3:16 and Matthew 10:33 as a few "big" examples, in the sense that they in particular are considered defining of Christian faith, among others. Biblical Journey from front to back, old and New testament define a people who we're stiff-necked in their faith and did not believe as they should and as such they would not return to unity with God, because belief in God is paramount, that doesn't mean saying a few Hail Mary's, and thanking God whenever something nice happens, it means a defining and transformative faith in God, to put down your life in the service of others, that is the true love achievable only through faith.
      That means unity with God will only be only be attainable by believers, those who love Christ as well as humanity truly in their hearts, with a faith in God that is unshakeable. And asking God for forgiveness is not like apologizing once you get caught red handed, you can't bow your head in shame and spit on Christ's feet at the same time hoping he won't notice. But the transformative love of God is available for all, free of charge, whether you are a pagan or atheist or anything, all you have to do is rid yourself of the dirt of this Earth and live in service to Christ and all the children of the Earth.
      I pray that you see this light of Salvation and help others to see as well. Jesus bore the cross to Calvary to bare the judgment of his father in our place, the greatest gift any man can recieve, and anyone who willingly throws that gift away will not recieve it.
      God bless you for the love in your heart.

  • @thevoynichmanuscript810
    @thevoynichmanuscript810 3 роки тому +1649

    Honestly what breaks me is seeing Eponine. She's my favorite. She was so sweet and brave and the only moment when she was happy was her death in Marius arms. Knowing that she's in heaven, happy and free it's just... *sobs*

    • @elduquecaradura1468
      @elduquecaradura1468 3 роки тому +74

      I cryied when the bishop appeared in the end. Seriously, I couldn't just hold it from there, I feel something I can't describe when Valjean saw the bishop again

    • @evanbarton52
      @evanbarton52 3 роки тому +66

      ​@@elduquecaradura1468 Fantine did it for me. That whole characters existence, everything she did was never for her and yet, she's one of the characters that suffered the most. And seeing her happy is really cool

    • @Shadow_Draws_20
      @Shadow_Draws_20 2 роки тому +23

      Ikr?! I love Eponine so much, she deserved better!

    • @mrp9023
      @mrp9023 2 роки тому +9

      She is not brave and sweet in the book!

    • @giggle_snort
      @giggle_snort 2 роки тому +16

      @@mrp9023 That's nice. No one asked.

  • @anhduc0913
    @anhduc0913 4 роки тому +2833

    This story literally killed off almost all but a few core characters. Only in this scene, you can see how many people died in the process of the story.

    • @o-o2399
      @o-o2399 3 роки тому +99

      Thats what happened in the real revolution lol they killed eatchother

    • @prideofasia99
      @prideofasia99 3 роки тому +60

      Oh yeah, it was a massacre of Shakespearian proportions

    • @testickles4720
      @testickles4720 3 роки тому +10

      Except for javert

    • @prideofasia99
      @prideofasia99 3 роки тому +37

      @@testickles4720 yeah, he probably went to the bad place, or (at best) the medium place

    • @ludameri1384
      @ludameri1384 3 роки тому +9

      @@prideofasia99 nice reference

  • @PurushaDesa
    @PurushaDesa 4 роки тому +1547

    So cool having the priest be played by the original West End show's Valjean.

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 4 роки тому +61

      That's Colm Wilkinson, who also played, ' J.V.J. ', in the 10th Anniversary, ' Dream Cast ', production.

    • @maggiegarber246
      @maggiegarber246 3 роки тому +25

      I didn’t realize that. How great!

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 3 роки тому +10

      He's also played the bishop onstage.

    • @lauramacgillefhinnein5106
      @lauramacgillefhinnein5106 3 роки тому +25

      Imo Colm Wilkinson is the best Valjean of them all. Apparently he holds the record for holding the end note of Bring Him Home the longest of all other Valjeans 👏❤️

    • @garganrose
      @garganrose 2 роки тому +2

      It's always awesome when they do stuff like that like for example before the first Wonder woman movie came out I was really hoping they would have done something like get Linda Carter to play the part of Queen Hippolyta.

  • @heytheredelilah3724
    @heytheredelilah3724 4 роки тому +2484

    The last scene is so beautiful.
    You can kill people, but you can't kill ideals.
    And I think Marius and Cosette can hear them sing too, not just because a part of them died with their friends and parents, but also because they represent a new generation that will keep those ideals alive.

    • @scottmatheson3346
      @scottmatheson3346 3 роки тому +18

      Oh, you can kill ideals. Think of all the extinct pagan religions you've barely heard of, all the heresies of surviving religions gone from the world because they were crushed by force of arms. Most change of heart historically occurs through force, not rational persuasion.

    • @vvvvend3632
      @vvvvend3632 3 роки тому +34

      @@scottmatheson3346 you can't kill ideals, they'll always exist regardless if anyone follows them or not genius.

    • @riversong4997
      @riversong4997 2 роки тому +1

      Love your username, and the possible V For Vendetta reference! I'm just going to pretend that it was intentional...

    • @scottmatheson3346
      @scottmatheson3346 2 роки тому +7

      @@vvvvend3632 this is on a level with pretending russell's teapot exists, genius - acting as though some ideal no longer held in any mind or any other format still exists out there, somewhere, orbiting mars or something. you know damn well that the phrase you're defending means that ideals will live on in the minds of people, not be extinguished from the earth yet "exist" in some meaningless, abstract sense, so try being intellectually honest next time you post or just don't bother saying anything.

    • @vvvvend3632
      @vvvvend3632 2 роки тому +2

      @@scottmatheson3346 the lengths you'll go to defend your faulty premise hahaha.
      "Orbiting mars"
      Come back when your comprehension of the abstract world is high enough to understand what concepts are

  • @wyattmcmanus3119
    @wyattmcmanus3119 4 роки тому +611

    Something about Fantine turning her head on “the distant drums” is so powerful

    • @obsidianswellproductions5651
      @obsidianswellproductions5651 2 роки тому +26

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that!!

    • @fairyblu6929
      @fairyblu6929 2 роки тому +31

      RIGHT?!! Like it's so simple yet SO powerful. I think it's her facial expression that makes it all the nore impactful for me

    • @snakebitepellehue
      @snakebitepellehue 9 місяців тому +3

      I came here to say the same thing!

  • @getnasty08
    @getnasty08 4 роки тому +2138

    there’s something about the lines “come with me, where chains will never bind you. all your grief - at last, at last, behind you.” that really speak to me. for me life always seems like a struggle. every day is a fight. a fight i’m going to keep fighting but at 34 years of age i’m already exhausted. i hope some day when my time comes someone as beautiful as Fantine will be there for me to sing these words: “at last, at last behind you.”

    • @bravotangosierra6518
      @bravotangosierra6518 4 роки тому +48

      Keep fighting!! Better times will come, I’m sure :D

    • @bartdarrow9217
      @bartdarrow9217 4 роки тому +34

      I thought the same as you. But now here I am at 40 & my life finally seems like it's coming together. I know it sounds like a cliche, but never give up

    • @kristinecampbell6485
      @kristinecampbell6485 4 роки тому +7

      I was watching this one again and had the subtitles on so I could follow the songs, I kinda like to sing with them. any way I was watching that last scene with Fantine and it is 'At last, at last ...'

    • @Fenrir2901
      @Fenrir2901 4 роки тому +10

      Well, keep on fighting... Life is exhausting over here as well, but we gotta keep moving on... Not for friends or family but for ourselves.

    • @scamwitness6594
      @scamwitness6594 4 роки тому +5

      Me to. We can relate to the suffering and hardships in life. Its a beautiful line.

  • @saraabigail2958
    @saraabigail2958 4 роки тому +1131

    If this musical/movie doesn't move you to tears, then idk what will

    • @sophiemaya3153
      @sophiemaya3153 4 роки тому +56

      “He who does not weep does not see.”
      ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

    • @oliviapetrowski4553
      @oliviapetrowski4553 4 роки тому +3

      Valjean’s death

    • @anhduc0913
      @anhduc0913 4 роки тому +6

      The book?

    • @alexanderhamilton6391
      @alexanderhamilton6391 3 роки тому

      @Daniel Choi That's way more tragic than this piece of trash

    • @____-zk1iq
      @____-zk1iq 3 роки тому

      It didn't surprisingly. I was expecting tears but nothing come out. But rest assured, I was crying inside.

  • @kimanirobinson790
    @kimanirobinson790 2 роки тому +457

    I love the detail of Fantine staying behind for a moment to watch over her crying daughter. I love everything about this. Truth be told I'm not at all religious, but if there is a heaven, I want to be ushered there like this. With a loved one assuring that I am forever unbound by the chains of a harsh world.

    • @angelemeana2754
      @angelemeana2754 2 роки тому +11

      May God bless you and your family and help you Give your life to Jesus Christ and repent. I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ I pray Amen.Jesus Christ loves you. Give your life to Jesus Christ and repent. He’s coming soon. Please pray and repent.

    • @bdolphin333
      @bdolphin333 Рік тому +6

      There is a Heaven. And all that enter Heaven are ushered there in a way infinitely greater than whatever you imagine or feel.

    • @EmilyInALoop
      @EmilyInALoop 5 місяців тому +1

      Heaven is a state of mind/being as is hell. Both are all around you…you just have to notice

    • @veronicabowles4841
      @veronicabowles4841 Місяць тому +1

      @@EmilyInALoop that is beautiful. It's resonating with me like making the edge of a wine glass hum with the tip of my finger,

  • @jtietjen2052
    @jtietjen2052 4 роки тому +453

    That moment where Fantine starts singing and Valjean says he’s ready always has me in tears. Throughout his life with Cossette he was trying to right the wrong he made with Fantine being fired. And now she’s the woman to bring him into heaven. It is better than an opera.

    • @erinpilla
      @erinpilla Рік тому +20

      Actually Jean Valjean isn't directly involved with the firing. He told the foreman to handle it, but foreman was abusing his position of power. Jean Valjean was facing Javert upstairs. He didn't know what would have happened to Fantine until he rescued her.

    • @BlueProphet7
      @BlueProphet7 Рік тому +9

      @@erinpilla I think Valjean's story was one of trying to achieve forgiveness through penance, even undeserved. The oversight of allowing the foreman to decide was a sin in his eyes. Even if it wasn't entirely his fault, he added it to the sins crawling on his back.

  • @pannestpan2493
    @pannestpan2493 4 роки тому +818

    I saw this on Broadway and I thought I was just gonna cry a little bit at the end but NOPE. I WAS SOBBING AS I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE THEATER. It's not even his death that gets me, it's the last song with everyone that's fricking EMOTIONAL

    • @vicomtexdaae3630
      @vicomtexdaae3630 4 роки тому +1

      nice phantom mask pfp

    • @moriahmanwaring755
      @moriahmanwaring755 4 роки тому +17

      I was prejudiced against Les Mis and avoided it for over a decade because 1) it was referenced in a book I read in elementary school (which was one of the only books I didn’t like, so I associated it negatively), and 2) because people criticized the 2012 movie singers, so I just had no interest in watching it. I finally saw it for the first time 3 years ago, and it changed my spirit. I was able to get through the film without really crying, maybe just a couple silent tears, but when I got home I sobbed uncontrollably in my closet thinking about how absolutely beautiful it was. (Tried to explain myself to my poor roommate, but she‘d just watched it with me and was crying, too.😊) I immediately bought the book. This story is one of the best in the world, in my opinion.

    • @moriahmanwaring755
      @moriahmanwaring755 3 роки тому +5

      FIRE_Bunny I suppose, but I don’t feel miserable from it at all, rather more grateful for the good and the good people that are out there. I don’t even fully know how to describe why I find this story so beautiful.

    • @jasongonzalo2849
      @jasongonzalo2849 3 роки тому

      @@moriahmanwaring755 Me paso lo mismo, entiendo tu emoción :). Saludos desde Perú
      The same thing happened to me, I understand your emotion :). Greetings from Peru

    • @annabees
      @annabees 3 роки тому +1

      @@moriahmanwaring755 I'm glad you eventually came to love the book, too! It's so beautiful ^w^ Maybe you were slightly too young to read this story in elementary school... So many stories were ruined for kids by teachers assuming you could "understand" them at any age lol
      If I can give you a hand in understanding why this story is so beautiful, to sum it up, it's all about hope no matter what. Yes life can be aweful, but if you have enough faith, you will find light. Also, the fact that good is rewarded one way or another. The thing that can be sad though, is that one way could be through death and being at peace...
      I first read les misérables when I was 14 I think and it remains one of my favourite reading experiences :D

  • @backup-ct1zy
    @backup-ct1zy 4 роки тому +1878

    I don’t get why people hate Cosette! She had a sad past but she still ended up with the love of her life. She’s not a dumb blonde either, she is positive and a dreamer.

    • @Engelke2007
      @Engelke2007 3 роки тому +68

      For me, I don’t like Cosette because she was horribly cast. Eponine was perfectly cast.

    • @aico727
      @aico727 3 роки тому +47

      Chris Engelke I can agree with this. Her voice has that awful fake falsetto that sounds like nails on a chalkboard.

    • @rachelross1567
      @rachelross1567 3 роки тому +95

      i actually favor cosette over eponine oops

    • @backup-ct1zy
      @backup-ct1zy 3 роки тому +8

      Rachel Ross same!

    • @josedeleon3931
      @josedeleon3931 3 роки тому +173

      amanda seyfried´s voice was fine, y´all trippin.

  • @crackerjack3762
    @crackerjack3762 3 роки тому +580

    I don’t care what you think of this movie, I don’t care if you think it’s bad, we can all collectively agree that this ending is absolutely amazing.

    • @davidbarker2507
      @davidbarker2507 2 роки тому +18

      Not a bad movie. Just bad singing.

    • @frogsandanxiety9663
      @frogsandanxiety9663 Рік тому +6

      @@davidbarker2507 i only really believed enjolras had the best voice rbh

    • @dorkandproudofit
      @dorkandproudofit Рік тому +50

      @@davidbarker2507 "Bad" singing aside, I think Anne Hathaway's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" is by far the best version ever. The sheer power of her acting makes the "bad" notes irrelevant, because you believe every word she says/sings and feel her despair. She 100% EARNED her Oscar. I also prefer the arrangements of the movie over the music of the original, where they used a full-blown orchestra as opposed to synths, making songs like this sound a billion times bigger. And as much as I like seeing Eponine again in the moment of Valjean going to heaven, I think I prefer the version here where the bishop is the one who guides him alongside Fantine, since Valjean never really knew Eponine but the bishop is the one who changed his life to begin with.

    • @whatdoiknow8654
      @whatdoiknow8654 Рік тому +7

      @@davidbarker2507 not bad singing tho, it’s just that the original cast is just too good but that’s their job. Og les miserables cast sucks at showing emotion and act while this cast exceeds that

    • @thomasfleming7606
      @thomasfleming7606 10 місяців тому +7

      I think that it was refreshing to not be ashamed of their voices. Not all art is beautiful people. Art is expression of emotion and unless you have daisies up your behind, not all emotions are happy go lucky.

  • @Swsgamer14
    @Swsgamer14 4 роки тому +313

    The line "To love another person is to see the face of God" is my favourite line of dialogue from any film or musical.

  • @ellim.3193
    @ellim.3193 4 роки тому +414

    the singing in the end is just too powerful

    • @sophiemaya3153
      @sophiemaya3153 4 роки тому +24

      I love the way Marius listens and can hear his friends. The most poignant and moving ending to a musical. IMHO.

    • @ChaseMcCain81
      @ChaseMcCain81 3 роки тому

      Yep

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 3 роки тому +1

      This is what I always tell people is my favorite Broadway song.

  • @blueturtle3623
    @blueturtle3623 3 роки тому +204

    I love the Bishop being like "You kept your promise, and you did a great job, my Son." I definitely think it's a better idea to have him sing with Fantine than Eponine, who Valjean didn't know.

    • @samaelestevez
      @samaelestevez Рік тому +5

      Oh man, the bishop was a great man and sacrificed a lot for others. The book is much more detailed than the theatrical play. Highly recommend this book. Once you start reading the book you can't stop reading.

    • @blueturtle3623
      @blueturtle3623 Рік тому +4

      @@samaelestevez It's well over 1000 pages. Its a great book, but I don't have the attention span to actually finish it.

    • @samaelestevez
      @samaelestevez Рік тому +3

      @@blueturtle3623 me neither. But somehow I pulled through with this one. It captures you and you just want to keep reading. The writer did an excellent job to keep you on the edge at all times. I read it a few years ago and there are still passages I remember verbatim.

    • @Jared7873
      @Jared7873 11 днів тому

      @@samaelestevez I stopped reading when I got to the endless chapter about the nun's life (Cosette raised by nuns). It probably got better. I skipped parts.

  • @vezmike6836
    @vezmike6836 4 роки тому +690

    The greatest musical of all time. imo

    • @choirkitty
      @choirkitty 4 роки тому +15

      Absolutely!

    • @lanamedvidovic7074
      @lanamedvidovic7074 4 роки тому +4

      I just started listening to it

    • @aeriacross770
      @aeriacross770 4 роки тому +6

      That’s cause as long as we are on this earth... we will truly be miserable and struggling but that as said in the song... loving other people is to see the face of God and the reward is to come back to Him.

    • @seyenaeco8417
      @seyenaeco8417 4 роки тому +3

      yes

    • @jlb5287
      @jlb5287 4 роки тому +1

      Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon are far above this one.

  • @michaeltoney2277
    @michaeltoney2277 2 роки тому +95

    People always see this as sad but it isn’t.
    It’s glorious, triumphant, loving and a homecoming.

    • @scottmatheson3346
      @scottmatheson3346 Рік тому

      Justice delayed is justice denied.

    • @helenhoffner6484
      @helenhoffner6484 4 місяці тому

      I agree that it is glorious and inspiring. Not sad.

    • @bellabraz-me5ib
      @bellabraz-me5ib Місяць тому

      É por isso que choramos. Não por ser triste, mas por emocionar.

  • @specialunit0428
    @specialunit0428 4 роки тому +2936

    The only problem I have with this scene is that Fantine should have her long hair back as she is in Heaven.

    • @hypergame1563
      @hypergame1563 3 роки тому +40

      yes, I agree

    • @therealmarcher
      @therealmarcher 3 роки тому +43

      Well I think like, you are as you died

    • @jadebolt4416
      @jadebolt4416 3 роки тому +120

      @@therealmarcher I think it would depend on whether you are heading to heaven or hell. Heaven is meant to be the perfect oasis- so presumably, you'd be in perfect health and the perfect image of your best self. Hell should be a reflection of your worst self.
      I know they couldn't fill her out and make her look healthy because Anne pretty much starved herself for the role- but unless Fantine liked the short hair they could have given her back her wig to tone it down

    • @rowandowler511
      @rowandowler511 3 роки тому +47

      @@jadebolt4416 They also could have done what they did with Neo in The Matrix, film the scenes with long hair first rather than in chronological order.

    • @MarkFilipAnthony
      @MarkFilipAnthony 3 роки тому +11

      @@jadebolt4416 where do you get this? Where does it say you look your best in heaven and worst in hell?

  • @Jennithebaker
    @Jennithebaker 4 роки тому +694

    Say what you want about this movie, but the bishop who saved him greeting him is the best addition to the movie and makes the whole thing worthwhile.
    Great show, incredible book, great concert (1995 10th anniversary), okay movie. 👍

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 3 роки тому +2

      The movie would have been so much better if they had just cast competent singers as Cosette and Javert.

    • @nyrockchicxx
      @nyrockchicxx 3 роки тому +17

      It's my favorite part of the movie, because at the same time they sing the lines "To love another person is to see the face of God." If that isn't a redemptive moment on film I don't know what is.

    • @GadocNoob
      @GadocNoob 2 роки тому +8

      and that Bishop is the actor who played Jean Valjean in the old Movie

    • @davidbarker2507
      @davidbarker2507 2 роки тому

      @@acameron513 And Valjean.

    • @sokonek1
      @sokonek1 Рік тому +1

      @@GadocNoob the original actor on stage I do believe

  • @Howlingburd19
    @Howlingburd19 3 роки тому +93

    My favorite part is definitely when Fantine comes in with “Come with me, the chains will never bind you. All your grief, at last, at last, behind you. Lord in heaven, look down on him in mercy.” Beautiful :’)

  • @simplyspeculation8259
    @simplyspeculation8259 3 роки тому +253

    When Jean Val Jean dies and Cosette breaks down, I lose it every time. Complete waterworks.

    • @MINGIRL1979
      @MINGIRL1979 3 роки тому +6

      That will be me as well when my Dad passes away someday, hopefully not for a long, long time yet! I love him so much and just can't fathom living what time I have left on this Earth without him! I'm very attached to him and we have a very close bond.

    • @idgf596
      @idgf596 3 роки тому +5

      not after I see Anne Hathaway trying to hide from the camera 😂

    • @hfontaine8
      @hfontaine8 Рік тому +1

      I was scrolling through these comments shocked that no one else was talking about this. I remember seeing this when it came out in theatres, and I was sobbing by the end for sure, but just watching this clip right now, Amanda’s acting is just so stunning that I can’t watch that part without crying, even without the rest of the movie for emotional build up

    • @bellabraz-me5ib
      @bellabraz-me5ib 29 днів тому

      Eu reagi assim quando minha mamãe morreu.

  • @hannamouse1
    @hannamouse1 3 роки тому +94

    Something poetic about Fantine asking God to "look down" on Valjean. In the song look down, the phrase was one of imprisonment and suffering, here it is finally freeing Valjean. Could be just a figure of speech- the guy in the sky would have to "look down" to see us, but I think it is so much more;

    • @bipa3325
      @bipa3325 3 роки тому +3

      also, how everyone along the movie asks for mercy though receiving none, and at final mercy is setting them free from that world

    • @sunnylilacs
      @sunnylilacs 5 місяців тому +3

      You’re right, there’s so much beauty in that, because she and the others are no longer looking down as slaves, nor being looked down on by man, but are looking up and being received by God, who sees them with mercy.

  • @robertyyii999
    @robertyyii999 2 роки тому +61

    I am not even religious but these lyrics moved me. How powerful can words be. Literatures nowadays never come close to the same level

    • @yhp99
      @yhp99 2 роки тому +8

      I'd say more than just literature or words. These are ideas and beliefs that speak to us no matter the difference in generation or times. This scene moves me because it speaks of goodness that transcends just human morality but universal higher morality that holds us accountable. I dont know if there is a god or universal truth, but i do hope for it to exist. And that hope is quite potent and powerful

  • @moodylittlebitch2023
    @moodylittlebitch2023 3 роки тому +99

    Guys, Ann wasn’t trying to leave the cameras view, her character was watching over her crying daughter

  • @maddietillem6778
    @maddietillem6778 3 роки тому +107

    There were a lot of things this movie did wrong, but I LOVED the lyric change from "it's the story of those who always loved you, your mother gave her life for you then gave you to my keeping" to "it's the story of one who turned from hating, a man who only learned to love when you were in his keeping." Always makes me cry

    • @rash1990ful
      @rash1990ful Рік тому +12

      I kinda like that lyric change. Since in the film version, Valjean already informed Cosette of Fantine's death when he picked her up from the Thenardiers' inn. No need for him to relay the news to her again.

    • @sunnylilacs
      @sunnylilacs 5 місяців тому +1

      Oh I didn’t realize the lyrics were changed. Hearing that, I don’t mind the original. Before learning this, I thought it was kind of strange that he’d say he never learned to love till she was in his keeping, since he had showed love to the man who was going to be condemned in his place, and had risked exposing his identity to save the man pinned by a cart, and had sought to help Fantine and others. Like, that’s definitely love too.

  • @jliuatl
    @jliuatl 4 роки тому +498

    Hugh Jackman should have won an Oscar by now.

    • @justthinking650
      @justthinking650 3 роки тому +9

      I agree

    • @luisandreman
      @luisandreman 3 роки тому +15

      For Logan as well

    • @toxic1strike167
      @toxic1strike167 3 роки тому +24

      I think Prisoners is his best performance, but Les Misérables and Logan are both fantastic as well. Super underrated actor

    • @dylanpsinakis7930
      @dylanpsinakis7930 3 роки тому

      In Logan i think he should earned it...

    • @oliverthegorgon5281
      @oliverthegorgon5281 3 роки тому +3

      He kind of sucked in this movie

  • @ThatOneDude521
    @ThatOneDude521 Рік тому +62

    0:38 Anne Hathaway’s voice brings me to tears. Her singing is so calming and always puts me at ease. Valjean’s death makes me sob like a baby.

    • @PILOSOPAUL
      @PILOSOPAUL Рік тому +7

      1:17 you can see Anne Hathaway creeping trying to avoid being seen in the scene lmao

  • @nadiabinford7349
    @nadiabinford7349 4 роки тому +942

    1:14 is that Anne Hathaway's idea of stealthily getting out of frame?
    Edit: she is literally just crouching down and walking away behind Cossette and Marius lol

    • @Tyw7
      @Tyw7 4 роки тому +54

      I think it's just the wrong angle. They should have covered her with the body.

    • @Fool1000
      @Fool1000 4 роки тому +44

      What she should've done was wait where she was or walk behind the camera, I'm just more shocked that this was the final cut. I totally get why they used it cause that emotion that Seyfried and Redmayne gave was definitely hard to replicate, they could've tried to re-shoot it but that emotion won't be the same.

    • @byakuyatogami2024
      @byakuyatogami2024 4 роки тому +41

      no, actually Fantine (Anne) had to crouch because she was assisting Valjean's soul as he left his body and passed through Cosette and Marius. u can tell from the next shot that if she went the other way, both she and Valjean should be walking on the other side.

    • @sophiemaya3153
      @sophiemaya3153 4 роки тому +4

      I love that Fwntine let Marius hear his friends.

    • @thebradenator2147
      @thebradenator2147 4 роки тому +1

      // Fool1000 \\ yeah but they didn’t edit her out?

  • @AllYellowJoshua
    @AllYellowJoshua 2 роки тому +32

    "Come with me, where chains will never bind you." That line always gets to me🥺😭💛

  • @mariamama11
    @mariamama11 4 роки тому +2268

    At first, I always cry at this part but after rewatching this movie many times, I just come here to laugh at 1:15 *ANNE HATHAWAY TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE CAMERA* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA

    • @thomastank8458
      @thomastank8458 4 роки тому +25

      😂😂😂

    • @AdamsBeastChannel
      @AdamsBeastChannel 4 роки тому +208

      maryjhanep Now I’m always going to notice that when I rewatch it 🤦‍♂️ 😂

    • @katherinepollock
      @katherinepollock 4 роки тому +138

      I cry over this scene every single time I see it. Thank you for pointing that out! It makes me laugh now when ever I see that!

    • @kimmaglinao
      @kimmaglinao 4 роки тому +86

      i hate you HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH

    • @tclaw5388
      @tclaw5388 4 роки тому +107

      WTF man, now I can never unsee it
      Damn

  • @sangeuna0616
    @sangeuna0616 4 роки тому +119

    Im sure everyone cried when Gavroche stands with the flag at 2:22

    • @marialuisasvabvalerio7177
      @marialuisasvabvalerio7177 4 роки тому +5

      I know I did, thank you very much

    • @cinnamonroll4773
      @cinnamonroll4773 4 роки тому +4

      I was already crying but I cried even harder then. 😢 Love this musical so much.

    • @WhiteSwarm
      @WhiteSwarm 3 роки тому +7

      I was crying since he got killed and then i bawled my eyes out when Javert put the medal on his chest

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 3 роки тому +8

      @@WhiteSwarm I honestly think he should have been wearing the medal in this scene, just like Fantine should have had her long hair back.

    • @Curlyteacher537
      @Curlyteacher537 3 роки тому +2

      DOPE_VIOLINIST They shot him because he was collecting the gun powder from the fallen soldiers so that the revolutionaries could continue to shoot and fight. Plus his whole song is about kids growing up to be fighters so it was possibly some kind of preemptive strike too.

  • @theamericanyoutuber
    @theamericanyoutuber 4 роки тому +146

    Cosette and Marius can hear the singing.
    Fantine stays behind for just a moment to say (in a way) farewell to her daughter.
    Valjean becomes young again and free.
    Enjolras, Grantaire, and Courfeyrac stand at the very top of the barricade and Gavroche is on the elephant’s head.
    (Also, Grantaire is like... half-heartedly pumping his fist with the flag into the air ‘cause he’s just like “I didn’t really sign up for this, but what the hell? Do it for Enji...” 😂)

    • @MINGIRL1979
      @MINGIRL1979 3 роки тому +3

      I only saw this movie once and that was enough! I was emotionallymentally traumatized when the soldiers shot the little boy Gavroche in cold blood and actually showed his death on camera! I could not believe they showed the death of a child on camera! Just brutal and heartless!

  • @allisonk5797
    @allisonk5797 2 роки тому +57

    I just lost my mother. Right before my 19th birthday. I can’t get this song out of my head. “Take my hand, and lead me to salvation. Take my love, for love is everlasting. And remember, the truth that once was spoken; to love another person is to see the face of God.”

    • @sunnylilacs
      @sunnylilacs 5 місяців тому

      I hope it’s gotten easier to bear now. Sorry you lost her. ❤

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 3 дні тому

      Wait? What am I reading? 😅 Fifteen years ago, exactly today, a few days before my eighteenth birthday, I remember going to school, joking with my dad. Then in the bus I was having a bad feeling like something is going to happen.
      The first block class that day was a computer science. I was expecting a B as a final grade. The teacher has been calling us in order, telling us the grades. You have this grade, you have that. One guy he decided to ask to do something on the computer he did not know how to do. Then he continued with calling students to his table to tell them which grade they were to get. When it was my turn he asked me to do a few things. I did it all perfectly. He told me that he knew I was knowing it way better than my grades suggested and gave me an A. I was thinking to myself how proud my dad will be when I tell him about the grade.
      While the teacher was calling other students, two more did not know how to do what the teacher was asking them to do. After finishing grading students he was telling the class for the n-th time about how college is important and how he believes that the financial crisis will be over once we graduated. Now it is hard to find jobs, so it is better to go to college.
      While he was telling us not to give up on college if we would have the bad grades there, but to persevere because it doesn't matter if we had finished with terrible grades 3 years after the time we should had because we will still be having our degrees just like those who had straight A-s and graduated on time, the school psychologist came to the class and told me to take my stuff and come to her office.
      I was surprised because I haven't done anything wrong and also because she insisted for me to take my stuff even though we had a block class lasting two more hours.
      While the teacher was probably repeating his point of the importance of choosing the good major that pays well, I was hyperventilating because the psychologist told me that my father had passed away. We went out to sit at the bench in the park-like greenery behind the school so I would get some fresh air.
      There was a class there outside. We sat away from them, but somebody heard what we were talking about and then the whole class knew and watched me instead of the teacher. After that my father's friend came to pick me up and at first we were talking, but after a few minutes I just stared thru the window.
      When I came home dad was on the table. His skin was gray. I just sat next to him ignoring others around me. Then some unknown people arrived, one said she was a doctor, checked him out and confirmed that he was indeed dead. She said that it looked like a stroke. She asked my mom if she wanted an autopsy. She said yes. Then the guys she was with put the dad in the metal coffin.
      While they were taking him out of the house my aunt got so emotional crying over them taking her brother away that I was barely able to stop myself from kicking her in the face even though I was not a violent person.
      That night I dreamed of being in front of the house with my father. At first we were speaking about the moon and how beautiful it was. Then he told me that it was a heart and not a brain which I did not understand. He continued telling me that the next few years will be bad, mentioning some stuff and me not understanding what he was talking about because he was talking incoherently. That things he mentioned happened to came true in the future. Then we went into the kitchen where some people I never met were. He was talking with them, but I did not understand a single word they spoke. He told me goodbye and hugged me. Then I woke up. I went outside where we were sitting. The moon was at the exact place and in the same phase as in my dream. I watched it and then I watched the stars and fireflies, then I went to return to my room. Before that I drank some water and at the corner of my eye there was my dad watching me. A moment later as I turned, he was no longer there. I told my mom about what happened and how weird it was that the moon was at that place. I thought that I might have seen the moon that evening or yesterday and that is why I remembered it's phase. She went to the city to have some things done for the funeral and I went to my room to cry.
      When she returned she told me that it really was the heart. He had a heart attack and not a stroke. She said that his arteries were filled with so much fat that it surprised them that he was still alive and that it was just a matter of time before he was gone. In the evening we went thru some old photos. Mom asked me which student in this class was my dad. I had no idea. Then she showed me another photo of them in which they were all laughing. I recognised him immediately by his smile. He had a long hair so he looked like a girl. I did not know that he was one of the alternative kids until then even though I was one myself. Then we watched some other photos. I recognised a woman as one of the people who were in my dream. I asked grandma who it was. It was my dad's cousin that died before I was born...
      Then over the next few years, the things he mentioned to me in my dream happened one after another. Before that I did not believe in the supernatural and saw the religion as a stupid superstition. Now I don't know if the religion is true, but I know there is something out there.
      My father had passed exactly 15 years ago and I still miss him so much. Maybe this is why I am rewatching death related videos in the past 2 days.

  • @blackjuanan
    @blackjuanan Рік тому +28

    I cried the first time I saw this in the theatre, I cried the second time at home, and the third. And here I am, crying again after watching it thousands of times. And I cannot stop watching and I cannot stop crying. It's insane how emotional this part is.

  • @dj011392
    @dj011392 3 роки тому +100

    Although this film has some flaws here and there, the ending is phenomenal. The acting really shines through and everyone’s vocals really gives this moment the power it needs.

  • @VladSicoe
    @VladSicoe 2 роки тому +16

    "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.." LOVE that line

  • @edits_xo11
    @edits_xo11 Рік тому +11

    I love how Gavroche and Eponine are there (all the dead)

  • @cieraclark1663
    @cieraclark1663 4 роки тому +204

    my favorite movie. I have a strong love for people who appreciate the literature that was created before these movies🎼

    • @caro-lh4tz
      @caro-lh4tz 4 роки тому +4

      I don't doubt that it's a great musical...but favourite movie? What? It'y horrendous. I don't want to rain on your parade, I love the story, the songs, most of the actos but god I hate Tom Hooper's directing

    • @cieraclark1663
      @cieraclark1663 4 роки тому +5

      Caro lol see I respect you for having a cinematic eye who can express their opinions

  • @hellixodev
    @hellixodev 3 роки тому +34

    My late father introduced me to this play and movie. He was a devout Christian and a memory that always sticks with me is at 1:39 , my dad told me that he believed this. As a little dumb kid I didn't really understand what it feels like, but two years after he passed, my baby brother (half-brother) was born and I really get it now. I love him so much. :) Thank u dad

  • @Qichar
    @Qichar 3 роки тому +32

    I saw this musical when I was just a young boy. During this scene when Fantine started singing, I thought to myself, "Ah, so that is what forgiveness sounds like."

    • @sunnylilacs
      @sunnylilacs 5 місяців тому

      Your comment just made me cry happy tears

  • @Blakefe
    @Blakefe 4 роки тому +67

    Hugh Jackman. You have earned your place among the Jean Valjeans.

  • @leechanisnotabedsoisliuyan1293
    @leechanisnotabedsoisliuyan1293 2 роки тому +16

    "to love another person is to see the face of God" the most beautiful and captivating line. just so beautiful i'm literally out of words to explain why it always get me.

  • @garnerb.3321
    @garnerb.3321 Рік тому +14

    Jean Valjean is a thief. A priest shows him mercy. This one act changes his life, and he dies in a church with his daughter and son in law, and enters heaven greeted by the priest that showed him mercy.
    Such a beautiful, glorious tale.

  • @Ulysses.404
    @Ulysses.404 7 місяців тому +9

    It is fitting that Colm Wilkinson, the original Valjean, helps to welcome Jackman's Valjean into heaven.

  • @leekellerking
    @leekellerking 2 роки тому +22

    Even after all these years, the epilogue brings me to tears.

    • @UKImmigrationLawGeek
      @UKImmigrationLawGeek 2 роки тому +3

      I know exactly what you mean. Tears are streaming down my face. Please take care of yourself. It is just so sad.

  • @LLMBC
    @LLMBC Рік тому +53

    Hughe should have won an oscar for his performance in that movie.

    • @RichieRich1234RICH
      @RichieRich1234RICH Рік тому +1

      His singing was awful.

    • @Colayith
      @Colayith Рік тому

      @@RichieRich1234RICH No, it wasn't you're simply a snob

    • @justkairos3813
      @justkairos3813 Рік тому +2

      @@RichieRich1234RICH voice was good especially the vibrato
      hes just not a tenor

    • @RichieRich1234RICH
      @RichieRich1234RICH Рік тому

      @@justkairos3813 he has a good voice but was just not suited to this role. It’s quite nasally. He needed a noble voice like Colm Wilkinson not a scream to reach notes that he couldn’t reach.

    • @B0K0691
      @B0K0691 Рік тому +3

      @@justkairos3813 doesn't help that he didn't drink any water for 36 hours before the shooting

  • @kirsty2010dodgs
    @kirsty2010dodgs Рік тому +67

    I finally got to watch this beautiful show in Sunderland last month and I was sobbing throughout the whole show but when this part came I was crying so hard I honestly thought I was gonna hyperventilate. I do love how they got Colm Wilkinson to greet Jean Valjean it was such a lovely tribute to him

  • @matchamelon330
    @matchamelon330 8 місяців тому +6

    everyone has their own favorites; some love valjean, some fantine, and some the bishop. for me, its the students; les amis de l’abc. the only time i was moved to tears is when i see them here, in a world where they fought and won freedom, where their cause was backed by france and the people. each of them had their idiosyncrasies, and they felt like real people in the book. its always nice to see the actors did them justice ❤

  • @user-qw7wz7tz7y
    @user-qw7wz7tz7y 2 роки тому +11

    たった18年しか生きてないけど、人生でこんなにも泣いた映画にはこれから先出会うことはできないんじゃないかって言うくらい涙が止まらない。
    この映画に出会えた人生でよかった。
    本当に本当によかった。

    • @MrAqr2598
      @MrAqr2598 5 місяців тому

      レミゼは人生のどこかで必ず助けになるストーリー。私も6年前に初めて観たが、それのおかげでうつ状態からようやく立ち直れた気がする。

  • @saru4013
    @saru4013 3 роки тому +38

    Every barricade member
    0:17 Marius and Valjean
    2:21 Eponine and Gavroche
    2:28 Combeferre
    2:59 Courfeyrac, Enjolras, Grantaire Prouvaire, Lesgles? And Feuilly
    3:11 Joly

    • @PILOSOPAUL
      @PILOSOPAUL Рік тому +1

      Also Javert since he did join it too (but as a spy haha)

  • @edgydreamy681
    @edgydreamy681 4 роки тому +275

    It still hurts seeing Enjolras’s death alongside And I forgot the other guys name. Sadly but I love this movie so much and I’m bringing tissues when I see the musical in 2020

    • @ninarances9074
      @ninarances9074 4 роки тому +27

      Do you mean Grantaire? The man who died by his side?

    • @edgydreamy681
      @edgydreamy681 4 роки тому +5

      Nina Rances yes

    • @ninarances9074
      @ninarances9074 4 роки тому +6

      @@edgydreamy681 yep! That's Grantaire😊!

    • @ninarances9074
      @ninarances9074 4 роки тому +6

      @@edgydreamy681 if you're curious about the names of the other men who are close with Enjolras, do you want me to make a list?

    • @edgydreamy681
      @edgydreamy681 4 роки тому +3

      Nina Rances I know some Joly, Combferre, and that’s it oh god... yes I would

  • @standnamemercuria7079
    @standnamemercuria7079 2 роки тому +40

    I absolutely loved this ending. To see everyone having won in the afterlife is so beautiful

    • @devinmoody136
      @devinmoody136 4 місяці тому

      Even in death, these people's spirits are strong.❤❤❤❤

  • @Xingaling
    @Xingaling 4 роки тому +58

    This song just gives you those chills that just resonate within you...

  • @alvifadhollah
    @alvifadhollah Рік тому +21

    That smile from Fantine when she's watching her daughter's life is far better than hers is really gets me.

  • @the_autistic_advocate
    @the_autistic_advocate 3 роки тому +40

    This is my favorite ending of any musical ever. Sure, the main character dies, but the point is that, after everything Valjean’s been through, he’s satisfied with the life he’s led, and he’s ready to gracefully and peacefully accept its ending

  • @katherinepollock
    @katherinepollock 4 роки тому +65

    I always cry when I watch this scene. It's one of those endings that really touch me.

    • @lizziewaymire2001
      @lizziewaymire2001 3 роки тому +4

      Me too. It never fails to make me cry every single time 😢

  • @PedroHMKLeal
    @PedroHMKLeal Рік тому +10

    Jean Valjean spent half his life in search of atonment, always feeling he was tainted by sin and underserving of love, when not only had he nothing to atone for, but done more than enough to atone for multiple lifetimes. Truly one of the most tragic characters of one of the most beautiful pieces of literature in history.

    • @MyJanvic
      @MyJanvic 7 місяців тому +2

      Yet he became the symbol of divine love.

  • @themanonearth5163
    @themanonearth5163 Рік тому +7

    The saddest thing about this is that the melody fontaine sings is the same one used in On My Own, whether its meant as him actually being alone in his death or maybe a way to resolve the theme of lost love in the original.

  • @samraymond4464
    @samraymond4464 4 роки тому +52

    This will never get old.

  • @DouglasMion
    @DouglasMion 3 роки тому +38

    Everytime i hear the Fantine singing: 'come with me where the chains will never bind you' my eyes are filled with tears :') one of the most powerful scenes of the movie.

  • @JohnDonasco
    @JohnDonasco 4 роки тому +65

    to love another person is to see the face of God.
    and then there were so much tears in my eyes

  • @thomasfleming7606
    @thomasfleming7606 10 місяців тому +6

    “To love another person is to see the face of God”. That is real love people, a mother’s love for her sick child, the happiness in a father’s eye when he first sees his child, the couple still married after 50 years and still love each other more each day. God is love, and love is God. Even Bob Marley had it right, just love each other and you will know God.

  • @mussahemed1153
    @mussahemed1153 4 роки тому +26

    I love how they carried their revolution all the way to heaven. Best movie ending ive ever watched. Im not crying, you're crying !

  • @lisaandothers
    @lisaandothers 4 роки тому +624

    "To see the face of God"
    the camera proceeds to zoom in on the bishop.
    Yes, I agree. Colm Wilkinson is God

    • @busggs1200
      @busggs1200 4 роки тому

      Ahsuahshhahshuaha

    • @cathya7045
      @cathya7045 4 роки тому +10

      You know I always thought God was Morgan Freeman LOL

    • @lisaandothers
      @lisaandothers 4 роки тому +11

      @@cathya7045 Colm Wilkinson is the original (West End and Broadway) Valjean and has given extraordinary performances over the years. When it comes to Les Miserables, he is the God of this musical.

    • @kiaraamaral6767
      @kiaraamaral6767 3 роки тому +5

      there is only one God. Jesus Christ.

    • @lisaandothers
      @lisaandothers 3 роки тому +9

      @@kiaraamaral6767 Thank you for your input, Karen

  • @ninarances9074
    @ninarances9074 4 роки тому +72

    One of the best endings I've ever watched!!!!

  • @johnshen4569
    @johnshen4569 Рік тому +6

    Enough to make a grown agnostic man cry 😢

  • @aztro4010
    @aztro4010 Рік тому +8

    How Tom Hooper went from this to Cats is beyond me.

  • @santigogonzalez541
    @santigogonzalez541 4 роки тому +106

    This made me cry. 😢

    • @Xatarino
      @Xatarino 4 роки тому

      Es español por favor

  • @4hkry849
    @4hkry849 4 роки тому +30

    I watched Les Misérables in my music class. When I saw this scene, it was like tears. Tricolor's French flag sways, and people's singing voice echoes through the city. I think it was a wonderful ending and a sad ending.

    • @user-ie5ui7sy2p
      @user-ie5ui7sy2p 5 місяців тому

      こんばんは、そうですね、でもそれでもフランスの人達は、貧しいながらにも何とか自分達の手で国の考えを正そうと武器を手にしたのでしょうそれに対し国の兵が民主に武器を向ける事は、許されるべき事では、無いけれど、時には国の考えを変える為には、行動しなければいけない場合も有るそう言う事何でしょうね、今の日本は、悲惨な泥船ですまるでレ・ミゼラブル一歩前の状態です

  • @metaperme599
    @metaperme599 2 роки тому +9

    Only time in the cinema when there was a deep silence for a few seconds and then an applause. In the cinema. It was the most deeply touching movie I have seen with so many layers of law, love, mercy, vision, new kingdom... Loving it and seen it many times.

  • @futuremovieactor
    @futuremovieactor 4 роки тому +60

    Such a great, moving ending.

  • @warrenk83
    @warrenk83 3 роки тому +20

    Whether it's the stage or film adaptation, this part always makes me cry.

  • @lillymsf5946
    @lillymsf5946 3 роки тому +11

    I had always believed Fantine was the core character of the story. Her last words motivated Valjean to do good and through him her daughter was safe, had found the love of her life and inspired them to share their love and tenderness with others. And even after all this time he still remembers her because her death coupled with the kind priest was the only light he had in his life.

  • @kateanders5101
    @kateanders5101 Рік тому +8

    I first read Les Miserables when I was around age ten, and I vividly remember how it was the time when I started appreciating literatures and the power of a complex protagonist. Years later I’m about to graduate from uni and finally went to see the musical in West End. The final scene is soooooo beautiful and I cried in the audience. It feels magical to think about how the 10-year-old me became depressed because she didn’t understand why the story ended like that, but now - being a writer myself and have more experiences in life, the tears I had weren’t actually for grief. The ending is beautiful and has its unique power, even nowadays.

  • @eleanorhelensarahdarcks8018
    @eleanorhelensarahdarcks8018 3 роки тому +20

    Grantaire looking so hopeful and standing next to Enj gets me every time 😭

  • @sarina76667
    @sarina76667 9 місяців тому +6

    I had to rewatch this after I read through the Wikipedia page. I had no idea Colm Wilkinson was the Bishop!! How surreal! He was the best Valjean and he’s there to welcome this Valjean to heaven! And now that I’m paying closer attention that voice is unmistakable! That is so cool!!

  • @kp4692
    @kp4692 4 роки тому +45

    It's always so sweet to me that in this final scene Enjolras and Grantaire are next to each other for the first time. That alone says so many words- when they were alive they never had a chance and could never bring their feelings to reality, here, they're right by the others side, and that is beautiful.

    • @elduquecaradura1468
      @elduquecaradura1468 3 роки тому

      I'm sorry, who they were? I have many years now not seeing the movie

    • @kp4692
      @kp4692 3 роки тому +11

      @@elduquecaradura1468 Enjolras was the blonde in the red jacket played by Aaron Tveit, and Grantaire was the one with curly black hair and was always drinking. They're the two who died together by being shot down by the national guard right before "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables" it's been heavily implied that they had a romantic relationship even by Victor Hugo himself, and George Blagden has confirmed he played Grantaire that way in the film. :)

    • @mrtuwnbr
      @mrtuwnbr 3 роки тому +4

      It’s also a nice parallelism to “Do you hear the people sing?” In that song we barely see Grantaire, because he wasn’t really convinced about fighting (this gets remarked in his solo in DWM), but, after he find his reason to fight and die (Enjorlas) we see him at the front, side by side with the leader. He finally stoped being a follower in the back to become a martyr and a full revolutionary.
      Also, that love from Enjorlas probably made him win this sort of heaven/after life. He could have died as a careless drunk, but instead he died as a martyr for freedom.
      It’s beautiful, I’m so glad that we get to
      see them together like this.

    • @kp4692
      @kp4692 3 роки тому +3

      @@mrtuwnbr it absolutely is! Grantaire's journey throughout the musical was a beautiful one, from his verse in DWM to him standing next to Enjolras in the finale. Grantaire may not be exactly optimistic, but it becomes so clear that when he loves, he loves with all his heart and he died to prove that. Enjolras taught him to be a better person and Grantaire turned his life around in time to die while believing in the goodness of people, and I think that takes something really special. Grantaire was the cynic, Enjolras was the dreamer, and it took both of their opinions and outlooks on life to see the truth: humanity is flawed. We arent going to turn around and have everything change for the better, but humanity is far from hopeless. Though it may take a long time, we are moving in the right direction. The cynic and the believer fell in love somehow, and it was beautiful to watch them bond and stay together even after they died

    • @mrtuwnbr
      @mrtuwnbr 3 роки тому

      @@kp4692 Yees, this song says “To love another person is to see the face of God!” And, as they are in heaven they should have loved someone, if they didn’t they wouldn’t be there. A lot of them were sinners, but it was that selfless love that made them find God and win heaven.
      Javert did not love anyone and that’s why he’s not there, rejecting love was rejecting God.
      The students loved freedom and people (they wanted they to had a good life and be free) and probably they loved each other (they were fiends after all and It’s not only romantic love the one that counts)
      But R did not love those ideals, he loved Enjorlas. If love weren’t what he felt for him he wouldn’t be there, specially not by Enj’s side!
      But, Enj should also loved someone too, if he only loved his ideals he would be just the revolutionary version of Javert: a man that only saw ideas and not people.
      Yes, he lived for revolution, but that’s not enough to win heaven. Probably he loved his friends, but maybe he did love R, maybe his sacrifice made him love him.
      They balanced each other, cynicism and idealism may look like oposites, but actually they completamente each other, both extreme are bad so they need to be together to come to balance.
      Also, Enjorlas’s characteristic color is red while Grantaire’s color is green, two _complementary_ colors.
      Those differences kinda made them perfect for each other.
      Also, Enj and the rest of revolutionaries taught people that fighting for your beliefs it was worthy, as cheesy as it sounds. And when I say people I include us, the audience, that “you” on “Do you hear the people sing” is directed to us.
      It’s there to say that we should keep fighting and loving cause those are the things that will make tomorrow a better day (geez, it sound really cheesy like that but yeah)
      As you say, it’s beautiful to watch them together… even in afterlife. As the song says now they are free in the garden of the Lord and… that’s just wonderful.

  • @hizbollahabedin7310
    @hizbollahabedin7310 3 роки тому +9

    When Anne Hathaway's part comes in, is like a sun that shine after a devastating Storm. I couldn't stop listening to her part. ♥

  • @tamarazivotic1283
    @tamarazivotic1283 3 роки тому +35

    I have read the book, I have watched the film and I always cry at the end, it's so touching. This version is really beautiful. And I especially like the end. I like the way they presented death. Like it's something beautiful, something that brings light, something that isn't scary at all. And it's true. Death is not a scary thing. It really looks like you just fall asleep. Like there's no pain. You just close your eyes and in one moment you wake up again. And you're there: in the Garden of the Lord. There's no pain there, it's just love and peace. You are surrounded by people you loved once, we all are surrounded by love and mercy of our God. He is so good. It's not scary, don't be afraid. We all are gonna die, but that doesn't matter. What matters is where we go, where we will stay forever. Just be good while you live. Be good like Jan Valjan. Help. Love. Love every single person, love God. Do good. It's for what we live for.
    Doesn't sound like a scary thing to me. ❤️

    • @trasteamoche
      @trasteamoche Рік тому

      Te sugiero que veas en UA-cam "going home" con el grupo Libera. Creo que te conmoverá.

  • @nahtandorvol4200
    @nahtandorvol4200 4 роки тому +31

    The priest is the original Valjean!!!! Really cool!!!

  • @eversonalmeida9866
    @eversonalmeida9866 11 місяців тому +8

    No matter how many times i watch this movie, every time this scene will make me shiver.

  • @balozhende5727
    @balozhende5727 7 місяців тому +4

    My favorite scene from my favorite movie. I saw this in 2012 at the theater... a lot of crying from a lot of people in the theater, crying of joy and understanding.

  • @disneyvillainsfan1666
    @disneyvillainsfan1666 4 роки тому +63

    "How Logan Should Have Ended" brought me here.

    • @disneyvillainsfan1666
      @disneyvillainsfan1666 4 роки тому +3

      I'm not usually the biggest fan of Superheroes singing musical numbers, but considering how many ups and downs Fox's X-Men Movie Franchise had, there was something about HISHE parodying this song that felt satisfying.

    • @KiaraDoggo
      @KiaraDoggo 4 роки тому +1

      Me too 😅

  • @cee2055
    @cee2055 4 роки тому +189

    I was waiting for Javert to show up singing with them

    • @BrigsComics
      @BrigsComics 4 роки тому +5

      Same

    • @babsgrayson8432
      @babsgrayson8432 4 роки тому +105

      the rebels: yOU cANT sIT wITH uS

    • @calebkerr2308
      @calebkerr2308 4 роки тому +35

      I believe since they are catholic and he killed himself that he cant be there since its supposed to be heaven. But I don't know for sure

    • @annafowdy
      @annafowdy 4 роки тому +40

      @@calebkerr2308 Fantine had a child out of wedlock, and she's there.

    • @Ryan_Metzelar
      @Ryan_Metzelar 4 роки тому +7

      Caleb Kerr also it’s a curtain call so he should be there

  • @kaori1390
    @kaori1390 Рік тому +22

    I've always loved the intensity in Fantine's eyes as she sings, "Say, do you hear the distant drums?"
    You can see she has a true strength, ferocity, and passion for the future, so unlike her before. In many ways, then, she's come back to life. She's regained her tenacity, her craving of freedom that has at last been rewarded her, for her past sufferings in the name of kindness.
    She has true HOPE in her eyes, and she sings it with each breath.

  • @jonnabuckwood
    @jonnabuckwood 4 роки тому +22

    2:58 That got me..... I'm crying.... someone help

  • @abby.478
    @abby.478 3 роки тому +140

    Unpopular opinion:
    Javert should’ve been there in the end singing with everyone

    • @blueberry.milkshakequeen6946
      @blueberry.milkshakequeen6946 3 роки тому +11

      Absolutely

    • @barbidahoinsummer6769
      @barbidahoinsummer6769 3 роки тому +10

      That would have been poetic

    • @kristiannasantos6770
      @kristiannasantos6770 3 роки тому +4

      I definitely agree with this!!!

    • @scw55
      @scw55 3 роки тому +25

      No, because Javert killed himself because his world view was shattered and he couldn't comprehend. He would not be there in death, except after much time.

    • @kristiannasantos6770
      @kristiannasantos6770 3 роки тому +3

      @@scw55 but doesn’t he deserve a little redemption? I mean he could have killed Valjean?

  • @EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel
    @EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel 2 роки тому +13

    I fondly remember seeing this in the movie theater. I could hear people sobbing. Love it!

  • @oldboy977
    @oldboy977 2 роки тому +5

    Valjean dies and sees the woman whose fate he changed and after her he sees the one who changed his fate and glowing immanently behind the priest is a candle lit altar to God, the one who changed the fate of the priest while Valjean. Valjean merely passed on the love he was given and thus changed the fates for the two young people he saved. That is why the real revolution is seen at the end. It's the revolution of a loving act and it crushes all hate and despair. All the revolutionaries and Valjean partake in the song because they are saying that all their lives and sacrifices were were to tell the story of love in all it's form, romantic, friendship and parental and thus tell story and triumph of God.

    • @sunnylilacs
      @sunnylilacs 5 місяців тому

      Why isn’t there a love button for this comment?

  • @reishiaki59
    @reishiaki59 3 роки тому +10

    I remember bawling by this scene in the theaters back in 2012. Was crying for a good 30 mins after the movie. Dammit

  • @ansonchin7103
    @ansonchin7103 4 роки тому +15

    This is my 600000 time watching this and I'm still crying....

  • @octavianeandracles5868
    @octavianeandracles5868 3 роки тому +166

    paradise according to French : eternal revolution with fallen brothers

    • @MyJanvic
      @MyJanvic 3 роки тому +32

      the French concept of new heaven: a world of Freedom, Equality, and Brotherhood.

    • @mateocomari8781
      @mateocomari8781 3 роки тому

      @@MyJanvic kinda redundant to have Fraternity and brotherhood

    • @hafizhwk5092
      @hafizhwk5092 3 роки тому +7

      @@MyJanvic
      CMIIW, liberté (freedom), égalité (equality), franternité (brotherhood)

    • @garolstipock
      @garolstipock 3 роки тому +3

      The French had a good idea or three on their journey they shared with us...
      else we'd still have absolutists chosen by god to rule over us and ours, their lawfully bound property in all but name simply because we exist on the land that is their domain..
      Oh.. Wait..
      We kind of are that now.. what with our strawmen and all.

    • @theoutlawprince1304
      @theoutlawprince1304 3 роки тому +2

      *And dead bodies of their enemies at the other side of the barricade*

  • @CarpeVeracity
    @CarpeVeracity Рік тому +14

    "Even the darkest night will end." ❤️

    • @Tingeltangelbob10
      @Tingeltangelbob10 Рік тому

      And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. :)

  • @user-yr8vz2qf1h
    @user-yr8vz2qf1h 4 роки тому +12

    授業でこれ見てて、これまでも泣きそうになっとったけど、ここでぶわーって一人で泣いてしまったww