French Musical Movie Night – Notre Dame de Paris

Wednesday 29^th June (Part 1) and Wednesday 6^th July (Part 2) – 85 minutes per part – free entrance.

Notre-Dame de Paris is a French and Québécois musical which debuted in 1998 in France. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by the French novelist Victor Hugo.

The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon. This musical is staring Hélène Ségara, Garou, Daniel Lavoie, Bruno Pelletier, Patrick Fiori and Julie Zenatti.

Synospis :

During the 1482 Festival of Fools in Paris, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, is elected the Pope of Fools for being the ugliest person in Paris. He is hoisted on a throne and paraded around Paris by the jeering mob. Pierre Gringoire, a struggling poet and philosopher, tries unsuccessfully to get the crowd to watch his play instead of the parade. Archdeacon Claude Frollo appears and stops the parade and orders Quasimodo back to Notre Dame with him. Looking for something to eat, Gringoire admires the graceful beauty of La Esmerelda, a gypsy street dancer, and decides to follow her home. After rounding a corner, she is suddenly attacked by Quasimodo and Frollo. Gringoire rushes to help her but is knocked out by Quasimodo as Frollo runs away. The King's Archers, led by Phoebus de Chateaupers arrive just in time and capture the hunchback.

Résumé :

En l'an de grâce 1482, Gringoire, troubadour, entreprend de raconter une histoire dont il a été témoin. Les Bohémiens, guidés par Clopin, arrivent dans Paris et comptent s’y installer quelque temps. Mais cela ne plaît pas à Claude Frollo, archidiacre de la cathédrale Notre-Dame. Utilisant le pouvoir de l’Église, il convainc Phœbus, un jeune chevalier et chef des archers du roi, de les expulser. Pourtant, il n’avait pas prévu que, parmi ces sans-papiers, se trouverait une jeune femme dont Phœbus tomberait amoureux, du nom d’Esmeralda, très jolie, qui a la protection de Clopin, et est « la reine de la Cour des miracles »… Naïve, elle tombe sous le charme de ce beau chevalier, ignorant qu’elle est également convoitée par Frollo et Quasimodo.

Extract : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FtPTL57aE