ummm and please forgive me and but weren not more than half the character miss . in the original novel and valjean be a man imprison for 19 year for steal a loaf of bread and then attempt several time to escape . he break parole and be pursue relentlessly by the police inspector javert . along the way there be many character that weren not in this version . some worth mentioning would be fantine and cosette and m and mme . thenardier and eponine and marius and gavroche and and enjolras . the only character with the same name be javert . i be confuse and frustrate throughout the whole movie and try to see how it be in any way connect to victor hugo epic novel .