Watching Les Misérables, its easy to be spellbound ... who takes pity on Pontmercy and helps him to see his son Marius. She helps raise Marius under Gillenormand's roof through the years, and ...

There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his life, joins the mob and becomes a fighter in the ranks of the insurgents.