Do You Hear the People Sing? Do You Hear the People Sing? "Do You Hear the People Sing?" ("À la volonté du peuple", "The people's will", in the original French version) is one of the principal and most recognisable songs from the musical "Les Misérables". It is sung twice in the stage musical. The song is first sung in Act I by Enjolras and the other students at the ABC Cafe as they prepare themselves to launch a rebellion in the streets of Paris during the funeral procession of General Jean Maximilien Lamarque. The song is sung again in the finale as the final song of
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing takes up the challenge to sing the song which forms the musical crescendo of the movie. The movie was released in 1983 amidst rejuvenated native Taiwanese sentimentalities and the gradual liberalisation of Taiwanese cultural and linguistic behaviour from the strangle hold of Taiwanese mainland-Chinese dominated authoritarian government, and the cultural tensions between citizens of mainland Chinese and native Taiwanese origins. It also depicts, for the first time in Taiwanese cinema, the controversial process of demolition-and-relocation. Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing () is a 1983 Taiwanese musical film directed by Yu Kanping () starring