Les Misérables location: Valjean finds redemption in the village of ‘Digne’: Gourdon, Alpes Maritimes, France | Photograph: Wikimedia / Mossotįreed on strict parole, Valjean treks to freedom through the mountains and, for a few moments we really are in France. If you want to visit, the south coast dockyard, which boasts 800 years of British naval history, is also home to Lord Nelson’s legendary warship HMS Victory and the Mary Rose exhibition.

The working dock, normally used to repair vessels, was not just filled with water, but kitted out with rain and wave machines. The opening scene, as Jean Valjean ( Hugh Jackman) and the convicts haul a ship into dock under the watchful eye of Javert ( Russell Crowe), was filmed in No.9 Dock at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, in Hampshire. Tom Hooper, director of The King’s Speech, successfully gets his cast to belt their lungs out in front of the cameras, avoiding the standard convention of miming to a pre-recorded track. Despite being set in France, Les Misérables was shot almost entirely in England, with locations ranging from Bath in Somerset to Kettering in Northamptonshire.

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