Les Misérables on screen at Campo Alegre

The film "Les Misérables" is a 2019 French drama film directed by Ladj Ly. It premieres at Theatre Carlos Alberto, on 20th February. This film won the Cannes Festival Grand Jury Prize, in 2019 and The Goya Award for Best European Film, in 2020. It was, also, one of the nominees for The Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, for best foreign film.

The film begins with images of the crowd celebrating on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Élysées the victory of the French team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was celebrated in France as a moment of brotherhood between people of different social classes or ethnicities.

Police officer Stéphane Ruiz moves to a Paris suburb to get a better chance at gaining custody of his son from his divorced wife and gets a job with the SCU's anti-crime brigade on duty in the nearby city of Montfermeil. Stéphane Ruiz is assigned to work with brigadier Gwada and squad leader "Pink Pig" Chris. Chris often and aggressively abuses his power and Gwada is complacent with that abuse.

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