Day 20

Finally. Watched this with my friend Norma at the Greenbelt 3 cinemas. Tickets were at Php230 each. Ha! But we gotta watch it in 2D otherwise, why watch at all, right?

I saw the 20th anniversary of Les Miserables with Lea Salonga as Eponine. (It was aired on a local channel, if I remember right). Recently, I downloaded its 25th anniversary concert (2010) performed at the O2 in England. Lea played Fantine this time. (What a gal!) I don't know how or why, but I found myself weeping when Valjean (played by Alfie Boe) sang the song after the priest has forgiven him for stealing the silver.

Les Miserables in Concert : The 25th Anniversary (2010)

Naturally, I was ready to weep during the movie. And I did. The soliloquy after the priest forgave him for stealing the silver was so moving.  And I wept. I think I wept every other scene. Ah... Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman... you break my heart.

"One word from him and I'd be back beneath the lash, upon the rack. Instead he offers me my freedom, I feel my shame inside me like a knife. He told me that I have a soul, how does he know?What spirit comes to move my life? Is there another way to go?"

Hugh dropped some pounds to play this scene. Admirable.

Les Miserables always gets me.... everytime.