First-time director Ladj Ly hits big with Cannes prize-winning 'Les Miserables'
Les Misérables trailer French-Malian filmmaker Ladj Ly, whose first feature film Les Misérables won this year’s Jury Prize at Cannes and was selected by France’s Oscar committee as the country’s submission to the Best International Feature Film competition, is in the U.S. doing advance promotion for its limited Jan. 10 domestic release. Ly was in New York Nov. 25 for a screening—part of The Wrap’s Awards and International Screening Series-- at The Landmark at 57 West theater.