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...divide Valjean in two, a father and son (both played by a wonderfully battered Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose son Paul plays the character in a transitional passage). Then he provides him with adventures that analogize, rather than slavishly imitate, those of his literary model. This figure, called Henri Fortin, is throughout aware of his resemblance to Hugo's original. He sees movie versions of the story, and people keep telling him that his physical strength, moral fortitude and frequent bad luck remind them of Valjean. He wouldn't know. He's illiterate, a retired boxing champion who drives a moving...
...Jews who hire him to help them escape the Nazi occupation--promising, in return, to read Les Miserables to him on the way to the Swiss border. Much of the film focuses on the fracturing of this family and their terrible struggle to survive. In the meantime, of course, Fortin is obsessively pursued by his version of Inspector Javert, here a nameless policeman collaborating with the Nazis and a man seemingly as outraged by Fortin's lack of complexity as he is by his untutored goodness...
...Jean Fortin, night manager of the Quality Inn said as far as he knows, Harvard has not notified the hotel's management of any plans to convert the building for academic...
First TeamPosition Second Team Patti Vivial, Penn Forward Sue Gouchoe, Princeton Kate Perle, Dartmouth Forward Donna Berk, Penn Debbie Siegel, Yale Forward Jenny Graap, Cornell Sue McCarter, Princeton Midfield Ellen Grant, Cornell Terry Fortin, Dartmouth Midfield Kari Briggs, Princeton Lauren Becker, Brown Midfield Patty Kennedy, Penn Midfield Gia Barresi, Harvard Bambi Taylor, Harvard Back Anne Alberino, Brown Linda Giulani, Penn Back Colleen Carbery, Yale Karen Konigsberg, Princeton Back Karla Griffin, Cornell Beth Finney, Princeton Back Sophia Stavru, Penn Mirna Goldberger, Princeton Back Nada Sellers, Yale Goalie Nancy Meisinger, Penn...
...Green midfielder Terry Fortin snuck inside a wall of Crimson defenders, took a pass in front of the Harvard net and went one-on-one with Katsias...