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Notre-Dame de Paris

1998 2h 30m FR
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★8.2TMDB · 88
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A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Behind the camera

Director
Gilles Amado
Writers
Luc Plamondon
Languages
French
Countries
France

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Riccardo Cocciante. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Hélène Ségara and Daniel Lavoie and Bruno Pelletier carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0285800 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gilles Amado directs. Riccardo Cocciante scores. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
  • 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
  • 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 4Original score by Riccardo Cocciante. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
  • 5Hélène Ségara and Daniel Lavoie and Bruno Pelletier carry the top of the cast.
  • 6IMDB entry: tt0285800 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
  • 7Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
  • 8Classified under 19 themes, including "opera", "dancing", "paris, france", "based on novel or book".

The technical file

Original score
Riccardo Cocciante
Runtime
150 min · 2h 30m
Status
Released
Original language
FR

Also by

Gilles Amado

Production companies

Who made it

  • LO

    Loulling Système

Key crew

  • NovelVictor Hugo
  • CreatorLuc Plamondon
  • ProducerCharles Talar
  • ChoreographerMartino Müller
  • Stage DirectorGilles Maheu
  • Lighting ArtistAlain Lortie
  • DecoratorChristian Rätz
  • CostumerFred Sathal
  • SoundRobert Herrero

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

  • opera
  • dancing
  • paris, france
  • based on novel or book
  • gypsy
  • obsession
  • musical
  • stage show
  • priest
  • live performance
  • singing
  • hunchback
  • obsessive love
  • notre dame cathedral
  • stage performance
  • unfaithful
  • stage musical
  • stage adaptation
  • opera live performance

Release history · US

When it landed

  • Premiere1998-09-16
  • Physical1999-10-12· DVD
  • TV2019-04-21· M6

Also known as

International titles

  • 钟楼怪人CN
  • O Corcunda de Notre Dame ao VivoBR
  • Jumalaema kirik PariisisEE
  • Paris Notr-Dam KilsəsiAZ

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