
Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona
Seen it?2002 | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance, TV Movie
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved Wicked or Dangerous Liaisons, start here.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Notre Dame de Paris tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of the cathedral of Notre-Dame and of his impossible and tragic love for Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy. A love condemned by injustice and hypocrisy. Quasimodo forced by his ugliness to look at the world from the top of a tower one day he falls madly in love with Esmeralda who sees dancing and singing on the square in front of the cathedral. But Esmeralda is in love with Febo, the handsome captain of the King's guards. Febo is fiancé of Fiordaliso, a young and rich bourgeois, but the exotic and sensual beauty of the gypsy does not leave indifferent the man who immediately falls in love with her. Even Frollo, the archdeacon of the cathedral, is attracted by the gypsy and spying on the moves of the two lovers in a raptus of jealousy and repressed carnal desire to get rid of the rival stabbing Febo behind.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gilles Maheu
- Lola PonceEsmeralda
- Giò di TonnoQuasimodo
- Vittorio MatteucciFrollo
- Matteo SettiGringoire
- Marco GuerzoniClopin
- Graziano GalatoneFebo
- Claudia D'OttaviFiordaliso