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Review: Paris projects ready to ignite in 'Les Miserables'

by AP Film Writer
| January 11, 2020 12:05 AM

Ladj Ly’s muscular police procedural “Les Miserables” is much leaner than Victor Hugo’s sprawling novel and shares little with it besides a suburban Paris setting. But they’re united in their sympathy for — and belief in the formidable power of — the underclass.

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