Les Misérables
After serving nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean is released on parole by the implacable Inspector Javert, but soon breaks his parole to forge a new, honest life. Years later, Valjean has become a wealthy factory owner and mayor, but his past catches up to him when he feels responsible for the tragic downfall of one of his workers, Fantine, and promises the dying woman he will raise her young daughter, Cosette. Valjean rescues Cosette from the cruel Thénardiers and raises her as his own in Paris, all while Javert continues his relentless, decades-long manhunt. As a young woman, Cosette falls in love with the student revolutionary Marius, drawing Valjean into the orbit of the 1832 June Rebellion. During the bloody uprising at the barricades, Valjean saves Marius's life and has a final confrontation with Javert, whose rigid worldview is shattered by Valjean's mercy, leading to the inspector's suicide, while Valjean, having found redemption, finally finds peace in his old age.