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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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?
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.
@@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.
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*
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
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
@@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
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.
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.
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 👏❤️
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
@@moriahmanwaring755 Me paso lo mismo, entiendo tu emoción :). Saludos desde Perú The same thing happened to me, I understand your emotion :). Greetings from Peru
@@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
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. 👍
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.
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
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.
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.
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
@@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
@@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.
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.
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 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.
@@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.
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
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.”
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.
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;
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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...” 😂)
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!
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
“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.
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."
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 ❤
@@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.
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
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
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. ❤️
I agree. It happened too many times that I witnessed people who were going to die knowing it in advance. My grandma for example. Also, the night after my fathers death I had a dream of him telling me things that were about to happen. They all did happen in the next two years. I talked with others who had similar experiences. Just because today's science can't explain some things does not make them less real.
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.
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.
*They’re basically Laura and Logan from another universe. **0:21** ”It’s the story, of one who turned from hating. A man who only learned to love, when you were in his keeping.” (Hits hard, when you see the similar circumstances)*
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.
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
EPILOGUE (Finale) Chorus Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise. They will live again in freedom In the garden of the Lord They will walk behind the plough-share They will put away the sword The chain will be broken And all men will have their reward! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes!
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
Lyrics: Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing towards the light For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise. They will live again in freedom In the garden of the Lord They will walk behind the plough-share They will put away the sword The chain will be broken And all men will have their reward! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes!
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 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. :)
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.
@@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
@@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.
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.
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!!
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.
if you look at the altar, he still has the candle sticks
@John Q. he was given a lot of silver so I’m pretty sure he kept the candle sticks
@John Q. but he didn’t sell the candle sticks because in the book he keeps the candle sticks as a reminder
@@charlescourtwright2229 This is a detail in the stage version, too.
In real life, Jean Valjean would have steal another bishop and actually go to prison. The end.
I heard once that Marius can hear the song of the revolution because a part of him died with his friends.
Oh, my gosh! That is beautiful
damn
Both Cosette and Marius can hear it
**distant sobbing**
I love that
“To love another person is to see the face of God”
Simple yet powerful truth.
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.
i love this lyrics it's so beautiful and the way they sing this is so peaceful and feel calm from the heart
@@thukhahninhtet8928 I think it's a line from the book.
Romans 13:8. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
@@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.
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.
I believe Éponine welcomed him instead of the bishop in the play.
@@MrAqr2598 aye an' that makes absolutely zero sense 'cause the two of 'em don't have scenes together
the Bishop makes the movie
@@MrAqr2598She did, that way it could put her in the finale. But it doesn’t make it.
@@luigicavallo270 I know; I don't even think Éponine had many scenes, if ever, with Valjean.
The Bishop is the real hero of the story. It's so appropriate to see him here.
more fitting than having Eponine welcome him after death--as in the play. she barely knew him. but the Bishop changed his life.
@Jonathan Loh the original Valjean meets Wolverine Valjean 😂
@@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.
@@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.
@@billfisher9238 I think Eponine was there in the musical because Jean Valjean saved Marius at the barricade
I dont cry fast, but this scene had me chopping onions.
Yannick van den Broek same here
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?
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.
@@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.
same here. Impossible not to :)
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*
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
@@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
Ikr?! I love Eponine so much, she deserved better!
She is not brave and sweet in the book!
@@mrp9023 That's nice. No one asked.
If this musical/movie doesn't move you to tears, then idk what will
“He who does not weep does not see.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Valjean’s death
The book?
@Daniel Choi That's way more tragic than this piece of trash
It didn't surprisingly. I was expecting tears but nothing come out. But rest assured, I was crying inside.
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.
Thats what happened in the real revolution lol they killed eatchother
Oh yeah, it was a massacre of Shakespearian proportions
Except for javert
@@testickles4720 yeah, he probably went to the bad place, or (at best) the medium place
@@prideofasia99 nice reference
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.
For me, I don’t like Cosette because she was horribly cast. Eponine was perfectly cast.
Chris Engelke I can agree with this. Her voice has that awful fake falsetto that sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
i actually favor cosette over eponine oops
Rachel Ross same!
amanda seyfried´s voice was fine, y´all trippin.
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.
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.
@@scottmatheson3346 you can't kill ideals, they'll always exist regardless if anyone follows them or not genius.
Love your username, and the possible V For Vendetta reference! I'm just going to pretend that it was intentional...
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
There is a Heaven. And all that enter Heaven are ushered there in a way infinitely greater than whatever you imagine or feel.
Heaven is a state of mind/being as is hell. Both are all around you…you just have to notice
@@EmilyInALoop that is beautiful. It's resonating with me like making the edge of a wine glass hum with the tip of my finger,
Something about Fantine turning her head on “the distant drums” is so powerful
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that!!
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
I came here to say the same thing!
The way Fantine looked was because she saw all these people and knew that while the people she saw were dead, their successors would soon rise up.
So cool having the priest be played by the original West End show's Valjean.
That's Colm Wilkinson, who also played, ' J.V.J. ', in the 10th Anniversary, ' Dream Cast ', production.
I didn’t realize that. How great!
He's also played the bishop onstage.
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 👏❤️
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.
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.
Not a bad movie. Just bad singing.
@@davidbarker2507 i only really believed enjolras had the best voice rbh
@@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.
@@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
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.
The greatest musical of all time. imo
Absolutely!
I just started listening to it
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.
yes
Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon are far above this one.
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.
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.
@@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.
the singing in the end is just too powerful
I love the way Marius listens and can hear his friends. The most poignant and moving ending to a musical. IMHO.
Yep
This is what I always tell people is my favorite Broadway song.
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
nice phantom mask pfp
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.
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.
@@moriahmanwaring755 Me paso lo mismo, entiendo tu emoción :). Saludos desde Perú
The same thing happened to me, I understand your emotion :). Greetings from Peru
@@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
The line "To love another person is to see the face of God" is my favourite line of dialogue from any film or musical.
Swsgamer14 that line has always killed me too.
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。
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。
People always see this as sad but it isn’t.
It’s glorious, triumphant, loving and a homecoming.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
I agree that it is glorious and inspiring. Not sad.
É por isso que choramos. Não por ser triste, mas por emocionar.
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. 👍
The movie would have been so much better if they had just cast competent singers as Cosette and Javert.
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.
and that Bishop is the actor who played Jean Valjean in the old Movie
@@acameron513 And Valjean.
@@GadocNoob the original actor on stage I do believe
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
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.
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.
I am not even religious but these lyrics moved me. How powerful can words be. Literatures nowadays never come close to the same level
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
The only problem I have with this scene is that Fantine should have her long hair back as she is in Heaven.
yes, I agree
Well I think like, you are as you died
@@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
@@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.
@@jadebolt4416 where do you get this? Where does it say you look your best in heaven and worst in hell?
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.
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.
@@samaelestevez It's well over 1000 pages. Its a great book, but I don't have the attention span to actually finish it.
@@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.
@@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.
"Come with me, where chains will never bind you." That line always gets to me🥺😭💛
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
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.." LOVE that line
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.”
I hope it’s gotten easier to bear now. Sorry you lost her. ❤
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.
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;
also, how everyone along the movie asks for mercy though receiving none, and at final mercy is setting them free from that world
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.
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.
1:17 you can see Anne Hathaway creeping trying to avoid being seen in the scene lmao
@@PILOSOPAUL lmao great you ruined this scene for me
@@apdroidgeek1737 i actually saw that as a meme psoted during the pandemic and ever since then i cant stop ignoring it hahahaha
"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.
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.
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.
When Jean Val Jean dies and Cosette breaks down, I lose it every time. Complete waterworks.
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.
not after I see Anne Hathaway trying to hide from the camera 😂
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
Eu reagi assim quando minha mamãe morreu.
Im sure everyone cried when Gavroche stands with the flag at 2:22
I know I did, thank you very much
I was already crying but I cried even harder then. 😢 Love this musical so much.
I was crying since he got killed and then i bawled my eyes out when Javert put the medal on his chest
@@WhiteSwarm I honestly think he should have been wearing the medal in this scene, just like Fantine should have had her long hair back.
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.
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.
my favorite movie. I have a strong love for people who appreciate the literature that was created before these movies🎼
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
Caro lol see I respect you for having a cinematic eye who can express their opinions
This song just gives you those chills that just resonate within you...
Even after all these years, the epilogue brings me to tears.
I know exactly what you mean. Tears are streaming down my face. Please take care of yourself. It is just so sad.
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
I think it's just the wrong angle. They should have covered her with the body.
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.
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.
I love that Fwntine let Marius hear his friends.
// Fool1000 \\ yeah but they didn’t edit her out?
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...” 😂)
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!
Hugh Jackman should have won an Oscar by now.
I agree
For Logan as well
I think Prisoners is his best performance, but Les Misérables and Logan are both fantastic as well. Super underrated actor
In Logan i think he should earned it...
He kind of sucked in this movie
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
This will never get old.
I always cry when I watch this scene. It's one of those endings that really touch me.
Me too. It never fails to make me cry every single time 😢
“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.
Such a great, moving ending.
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."
Your comment just made me cry happy tears
to love another person is to see the face of God.
and then there were so much tears in my eyes
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 ❤
One of the best endings I've ever watched!!!!
I absolutely loved this ending. To see everyone having won in the afterlife is so beautiful
Even in death, these people's spirits are strong.❤❤❤❤
This made me cry. 😢
Es español por favor
Hughe should have won an oscar for his performance in that movie.
His singing was awful.
@@RichieRich1234RICH No, it wasn't you're simply a snob
@@RichieRich1234RICH voice was good especially the vibrato
hes just not a tenor
@@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.
@@justkairos3813 doesn't help that he didn't drink any water for 36 hours before the shooting
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
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
😂😂😂
maryjhanep Now I’m always going to notice that when I rewatch it 🤦♂️ 😂
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!
i hate you HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH
WTF man, now I can never unsee it
Damn
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. ❤️
Te sugiero que veas en RUclips "going home" con el grupo Libera. Creo que te conmoverá.
I agree. It happened too many times that I witnessed people who were going to die knowing it in advance. My grandma for example. Also, the night after my fathers death I had a dream of him telling me things that were about to happen. They all did happen in the next two years. I talked with others who had similar experiences. Just because today's science can't explain some things does not make them less real.
I love how Gavroche and Eponine are there (all the dead)
I love how they carried their revolution all the way to heaven. Best movie ending ive ever watched. Im not crying, you're crying !
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.
It is fitting that Colm Wilkinson, the original Valjean, helps to welcome Jackman's Valjean into heaven.
That smile from Fantine when she's watching her daughter's life is far better than hers is really gets me.
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.
*They’re basically Laura and Logan from another universe. **0:21** ”It’s the story, of one who turned from hating. A man who only learned to love, when you were in his keeping.” (Hits hard, when you see the similar circumstances)*
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. ♥
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.
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
Do you mean Grantaire? The man who died by his side?
Nina Rances yes
@@edgydreamy681 yep! That's Grantaire😊!
@@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?
Nina Rances I know some Joly, Combferre, and that’s it oh god... yes I would
Hugh Jackman. You have earned your place among the Jean Valjeans.
EPILOGUE (Finale)
Chorus
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing to the light
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.
They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord
They will walk behind the plough-share
They will put away the sword
The chain will be broken
And all men will have their reward!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes!
Tomorrow comes!
Tomorrow comes!
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.
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
No matter how many times i watch this movie, every time this scene will make me shiver.
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.
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.
I weep every single time. The lyrics give me chills
I just can't watch that without crying, it's incredible
ファンテーヌがジャンバルジャンを導きに現れると、反射的に涙が出てしまうよ。
Whether it's the stage or film adaptation, this part always makes me cry.
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.
Yet he became the symbol of divine love.
Only Jesus Christ’s blood that was shed on the cross can atone for our sins. Put your faith in Him. Have a blessed day!
"To see the face of God"
the camera proceeds to zoom in on the bishop.
Yes, I agree. Colm Wilkinson is God
Ahsuahshhahshuaha
You know I always thought God was Morgan Freeman LOL
@@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.
there is only one God. Jesus Christ.
@@kiaraamaral6767 Thank you for your input, Karen
2:58 That got me..... I'm crying.... someone help
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.
Lyrics:
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing towards the light
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.
They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord
They will walk behind the plough-share
They will put away the sword
The chain will be broken
And all men will have their reward!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes!
Tomorrow comes!
The priest is the original Valjean!!!! Really cool!!!
Grantaire looking so hopeful and standing next to Enj gets me every time 😭
I cry every time I see this scene. It teaches me what is the most precious thing in this world.
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.
I'm sorry, who they were? I have many years now not seeing the movie
@@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. :)
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.
@@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
@@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.
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.
I fondly remember seeing this in the movie theater. I could hear people sobbing. Love it!
I ended up in tears after hearing this song. It was so beautiful.
I don't like musicals in general, but I love this one. It's brilliant. The directing, the acting, the music, art design. Thanks Tom Hooper
The look Fantine gives Cosette right as she takes him away always kills me
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!!
Enough to make a grown agnostic man cry 😢
No matter what version of Les Mis I am watching, this never fails to give me chills
How Tom Hooper went from this to Cats is beyond me.
Goosebumps in that part with everyone singing at the barricade at the end. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
❤
this is the best musicael ever