I was flying home from a long stay in Paris, and saw Les Misérables (2012) on the in-flight options. Having just listened to an audiobook about the history of the lower-class side of Paris, I was in the mood! Plus, high school me was a HUGE Les Mis fan. I could sing the entire thing, right now. I could even do parts of the French version! I’d seen it before, but probably not since it came out in 2012, so my memories had faded. That being said, I honestly feel overwhelmed at the thought of trying to do a deep dive into the historical accuracy of things just because there’s so much menswear and so many eras, so much so that I’ve put off this review for several months!
Designer Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl, Jungle Cruise, Death on the Nile) is quoted in several places as saying that the story covers 1815 to 1848…
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Wait, LES MISERABLES a la Jackman et al is over a decade old?
Where did the time go?!?