As I'm sure most of you know, the musical Les Miserables became a world wide phenomenon again this year with the new Oscar-nominated remake. Like any good musical and Hugh Jackman fan, I decided to see it and now thought I could maybe blog about Christian themes that are found throughout the movie, mainly in the main Hugh-Jackman embodied character of Jean Valjean. In the musical, which is based off of a Victor Hugo novel, Valjean is an ex-prisoner out on parole when he finds God and decides to turn over a new leaf. In fact, this Christian post article talks about Christian values found in the movie; these include "forgiveness, hope, grace, and redemption." As the movie progresses, it often seems as though Valjean's whole life is just a bundle of Christian ideals- actually, a line from "Amazing Grace" seems to fit him perfectly: "I once was lost, but now I'm found." In addition to containing Christian themes, Les Mis also explicitly references God and the Bible several times. For example, in one of the songs, Valjean claims he is on a "never-ending road to Calvary." Calvary is, of course, the place where Jesus went to be crucified- this line then seems to draw a parallel between Valjean and Jesus himself. Another well-known line from the movie is "to love another person is to see the face of God." This quote seems to point to the Bible verse "God is love" and implies that God is responsible for all of the love that we feel on this planet. This could actually be a really long post, but I think I'll stop there. But if anyone's interested, here's the link to the Christian post article I read:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/les-miserables-the-perfect-christian-movie-87850/
There's also many more articles out there that discuss this, but I would say the best way to see if Christian themes really are in the movie would be to watch it and decide for yourself!
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