Les Misérables
FILM4 11.55PM - 2AM ★★★★
PREMIERE CRIME DRAMA Ladj Ly’s boldly titled debut, centred on police/gang tensions in Parisian suburb Montfermeil, mixes procedural beats with a socially engaged eye. When a stolen lion cub stokes tensions between local kids, the Muslim Brotherhood and Romany travellers, the cops try to take control – with disastrous results. Edgy and purposeful, this Les Mis is an issues drama with a thriller’s wallop. Dir: Ladj Ly 2019, 15
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