The Thénardiers are in a movie by Victor Hugo.
The Thénardiers , commonly known as Monsieur Thénardier ( [ təˈnɑrdi.eɪ ] [ tenaʁdje ] ) and Madame Thénardier , are fictional characters , the secondary antagonists in Victor Hugo 's 1862 novel Les Misérables and in many adaptations of the novel into other media . They serve , alongside Javert , as one of the two arch-nemeses of the story 's protagonist , Jean Valjean .