Notre-Dame on Fire

2022 1h 49m FR

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 298

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Synopsis

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A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Samuel Labarthe
General Gontier
Jean-Paul Bordes
General Gallet
Mickaël Chirinian
Laurent Prades
Jérémie Laheurte
Chief Adjutant Joël
Maximilien Seweryn
Chief Sergeant Reynald
Garlan Le Martelot
Aurélien, young manager
Dimitri Storoge
Captain Francis
Pierre Lottin
Lieutenant Alexandre

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Thomas Bidegain
Languages: French
Countries: France, Italy

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, shot by Jean-Marie Dreujou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Reynald Bertrand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Samuel Labarthe and Jean-Paul Bordes and Mickaël Chirinian carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt12264966 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jean-Jacques Annaud directs. Jean-Marie Dreujou behind the camera. Simon Franglen scores. Reynald Bertrand cuts. Produced in France, Italy. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

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1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.
3Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, shot by Jean-Marie Dreujou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Simon Franglen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Reynald Bertrand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Samuel Labarthe and Jean-Paul Bordes and Mickaël Chirinian carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt12264966 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "paris, france", "based on true story", "historical event", "notre dame cathedral".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jean-Marie Dreujou
Original score: Simon Franglen
Editing: Reynald Bertrand
Production design: Jean Rabasse
Makeup / hair: Hélène Lefèvre
VFX supervisor: Laurens Ehrmann
Sound: Damien Lazzerini
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Original language: FR
IMDB: Notre-Dame on Fire (2022)

Awards

César Award for Best Visual Effects

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Jean-Jacques Annaud

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-07-28
★ 7/10
Just imagine. A builder on the roof of this ancient monument is having a fly cigarette. He throws the butt from the rooftop but instead of finding it's way to the ground, it is blown through one of the slitted windows whereupon it encounters some debris from a pigeon's nest and - well quite literally all hell breaks lose. Jean-Jacques Annaud intersperses real footage of this terrible conflagration with a drama offering us a plausible depiction of just how difficult it was for the Pompiers of Paris to not only tackle this blaze, but to get through the grid-locked streets of their city to the Île de la Cité in the first place. There is a palpable sense of the heat, the smoke - and the fear as the fire fighters tried to coax the water pressure into a meaningful tool to put out the fire whilst what seemed like gallons of molten lead slurped around the roof using the gargoyles as did Charles Laughton back in 1939. The dramatic elements are adequate, but to be honest they don't really matter - most of this is eye-watering. Certainly, you are pretty clearly aware of what is real and what has been staged - the intimate photography leaves us in little doubt of that, but again that doesn't really matter. This film demonstrates the courage and bravery of those tasked with stopping history burning down around them, whilst building on the response nightmare and the religiosity of those who can't quite believe God is allowing this to happen at all! It is all told pacily and effectively in just under two hours. What I really found irritating - exasperating, even, were all the spectators clogging everywhere up - so long as they had a vantage point then the emergency services could wait their turn... Fascinating to watch, and well worth it.

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