Tahar Rahim Talks 'Les Miserables,' 'Alpha' and 'Madame Web'

Fresh off one of the most ambitious shoots of his career, Tahar Rahim landed at the Marrakech Film Festival buzzing about Fred Cavayé’s dynamic new take on Victor Hugo’s classic “Les Misérables” — likening this new telling to “The Fugitive.”

Starring opposite Vincent Lindon’s Valjean and supported by Noémie Merlant, Camille Cottin and Megan Northam, Rahim says “in this version, [director Fred Cavayé] wanted to focus more on the face-off — the cat-and-mouse dynamic between Javert and Valjean.”

“It’s the same story, but told in a more dynamic way,” Rahim says, before adding It’s become a cultural tradition in France to make this movie every 40 years.” (Rahim’s seen almost all of them — and prefers Raymond Bernard’s 1934 take most of all).

To leave his mark on Javert, Rahim began by wo