''Quasimodo d'El Paris'' is a 1999
French film
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that is a comedic adaptation of the 1831 novel ''
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (, originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel. I ...
'' (''Notre-Dame de Paris'') by
Victor Hugo
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His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
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Plot
The location is the town of El Paris. When ten-year-old boy Quasimodo shows signs of deformity, his well-to-do parents place him in the charge of the town’s mysterious evangelist, Frollo. In exchange, they adopt a Cuban girl, Esméralda, from a lower social class. Ten years later, El Paris is menaced by a serial killer, and Quasimodo is the prime suspect.
Quasimodo d'El Paris / Patrick Timsit / 1999 / film review
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Cast
* Patrick Timsit
Patrick Timsit () is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy ''Un indien dans la ville''.
In 2006, he pa ...
as Quasimodo
Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday) is the titular protagonist of the French novel '' The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (1831) by Victor Hugo. Born with numerous deformities, most notably a hunched back, Quasimodo serves as the bell-ringer for Notre ...
* Richard Berry as Serge Frollo
* Mélanie Thierry
Mélanie Thierry (born 17 July 1981) is a French actress.
Early life and career
Mélanie Thierry began her career as a model in France, then moved into acting. She began with a series of roles in French productions, and at the age of 17 appeared ...
as Agnès / Esméralda
* Vincent Elbaz as Phoebus
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* Didier Flamand
Didier Flamand (born 12 March 1947) is a French actor and theatre director. He has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film '' The Suspended Vocation''.
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Filmography
Actor
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as The Governor
* Patrick Braoudé as Pierre-Grégoire
* Axelle Abbadie as The Governor's wife
* Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French actor. He is known for appearing in films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, often playing eccentric or grotesque characters.
Early life and education
Dominique Pinon was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Lo ...
as Trouillefou
* Albert Dray as Pablo
* Doud as Diego
* François Levantal
François Levantal (born 14 October 1960) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1986.
Filmography
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1960 births
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F ...
as The psychopath
* Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000) was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world".
She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the F ...
as the fairy
* Jean-François Halin as the car driver
* Raffy Shart as the man with a hat
* Cathy Guetta
Catherine Lobé (; previously Guetta; born 27 March 1963) is a French former nightclub manager, events organizer and socialite. She is the ex-wife of DJ and music producer David Guetta.
Early life and career
Cathy Lobé was born in Dakar, Se ...
as the prostitute
See also
* List of French films of 1999
References
External links
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{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1999 films
1999 comedy films
1990s French films
Films based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Films scored by Laurent Petitgirard
French parody films