Les misérables is a 2019 French-language Crime Drama motion picture written by Alexis Manenti and Ladj Ly. The movie is directed by Ladj Ly and produced by Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral under the banner of SRAB Films in collaboration with Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films, Canal+, Cin +, Arte, Wild Bunch and CNC. Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz is a young and light-heartened cop who moves to Paris to be closer of his little son after the divorce of his wife. Working in the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, in the 93th district, where Victor Hugo wrote his famous 1862's novel The Miserables, Ruiz joins the local Anti-Crime Brigade, being paired with veterans but unscrupulous colleagues Chris and Gwada, who are charged with the task to train Ruiz about the way Montfermeil's works and the people to meet. However, his first day in Montfermeil twists in bad way when the owner of a circus and his men meet where drug-lord Le Maire (The Mayor) claiming for a stolen baby lion a few hours ago, blaming him by the theft. Avoiding a fight between Le Maire and circus' owner, the three cops patrol the hood looking for the animal, learning that a troubled kid named Issa is the thief, who stolen to have it as pet. But when Ruiz, Chris and Gwada locate Issa to recover the baby lion, Issa's friends attempt to liberate him from the cops. With the situation out of control, Gwada shots a rubber ball just when Issa tried to escape and hits him in the face, just in the moment that all they realize that a drone of a boy named Buzz recorded all the incident. Patrolling around, Chris and Gwada locate Buzz and start a prosecution to catch him after to learn that drone's card is gone. Hiding in a downstairs, Buzz escapes from Chris and runs to ask refuge to Salah, a Kebab's owner and leader of the each time powerful Muslim brotherhood in the hood. While Issa's friends run to advise Le Maire about the drone and the record, Ruiz, Chris and Gwada moves where Le Pince (The Clamp), a bar's owner in addition to Le Maire's rival and Chris' partner in business, looking for help, at the same time that Ruiz goes to a pharmacy to heal Issa's hurts. But when a confident alerts about Buzz's location, Le Maire, the cops and Le Pince meet at the same time at Salah's local claiming by the card, not measuring the consequences of their acts. Written by Chockys. Les misérables features Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Percia, Al-hassan Ly, Steve Tientcheu and Romain Gavras. The screenplay is written by Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti which is inspired from Les Mis rables by Ladj Ly. The music was composed by Pink Noise. Cinematography was done by Julien Poupard and editing by Flora Volpeliere. The movie has a running time of 103 minutes. It was released on 13th March 2020 in French and English languages. The film made a box office gross of $9 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Le Pacte.