![]() Quasimodo, feeling unable to endure his two hours of torture in pillory during the hot weather, begs for water, but is mocked by the people, until Esmeralda gives him some from her canteen. Later that day, Quasimodo is being flogged, Frollo approaches the pillory, but leaves Quasimodo to suffer. ![]() He is instead sentenced to two hours of public torture. Gringoire attempts to appeal to Florian, saying that Quasimodo's deafness renders the case unproven. Estouteville, before leaving the court, orders Florian to sentence Quasimodo to one hour of flogging in the pillory to make sure he will respect the law. Jehan, encouraged by Robin, takes the opportunity to be Quasimodo's lawyer, explaining to the provost how he, as the brother of the archdeacon, is given the benefit of the doubt. And when Provost Robert d'Estouteville, asks Quasimodo of his crimes, he instead gave them false answers, angering him as well. They are also on trial for causing a riot with their fellow students. Being a person with deaf ears, Quasimodo did not answer the questions of the deaf auditor, Master Florain, prompting Jehan and Robin to discuss and mock the magistrate. The next day, in the courtroom of the Palace of Justice, Quasimodo is on trial for crimes of kidnapping and resisting arrest including assault on three of the royal guards. His life is offered to be spared if someone will marry him, and Esmeralda ends up doing so, though only out of pity. Still following Esmeralda, Gringoire is captured by beggars who take him to their king, Clopin Trouillefou, at the Court of Miracles. Quasimodo is stopped and arrested by Phoebus de Chateaupers, the captain of the French ruler King Louis XI's archers, who enchants Esmeralda, much to Frollo's silent jealousy. Gringoire intervenes, only to be knocked down by the hunchback. Robin Poussepain calls the remaining attention to a Roma girl named La Esmeralda, who is dancing in the square.Īs Gringoire follows Esmeralda, Frollo send Quasimodo to kidnap the gypsy for him. Quasimodo, the physically deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, is chosen, despite Frollo's objections. As a diversion, the people decide to elect a Pope of Fools. The audience, however, is not very receptive, particularly Jehan, the brother of Notre Dame Cathedral's archdeacon, Claude Frollo. On Januthe day of the Feast of Fools in Paris, France, a play written by Pierre Gringoire is being performed at the Palace of Justice. Directed by Alan Cooke and written by Robert Muller, the film stars Kenneth Haigh as Claude Frollo, Warren Clarke as Quasimodo and Michelle Newell as Esmeralda, and features the visual effects by Ian Scoones and the original music by Wilfred Josephs. Reconstruction work has been delayed due to bad weather, concerns over lead pollution and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.įiremen narrowly managed to save the 19th century Gothic cathedral as images of near-destruction sent shockwaves through France and the wider world.The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a British feature length adaptation of the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, produced for television by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in 1976 and aired on December 30 the same year. That prompted much public debate but the president eventually said the spire would be reconstructed exactly as it was.įor the deadline to be met, oak trees need to be cut by March of this year in order to let them dry for the necessary 12 to 18 months and to avoid excess sap and humidity in the trunks by spring. Mr Macron wants Notre-Dame restored to its former glory by 2024, in time for the Paris Olympics.Īfter the fire, he suggested the 96-metre (315-foot) spire could be replaced since it was not a part of the original cathedral. Only trees that are at least 100, if not 200, years old, can boast such measurements. The rangers have specific criteria: the trees must be straight, have a diameter of 50 to 90 cm and must be 8 to 14 metres tall. We will choose trees in the forest according to their dimensions: height, diameter, quality," François Hauet, a forestry expert in Louviers and vice-president of the Normande association of Forest Experts, told France Inter. "For now we are in the phase of selecting the trees according to the frame that will be needed for the spire. French forest experts are searching for a thousand trees older than 100 years to rebuild the spire of the Notre-Dame cathedral that was destroyed in a huge blaze in 2019.Ī thousand trees will be cut down by the end of March to replicate the exact spire designed by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, which was incinerated along with a large chunk of the roof when the Paris landmark went up in flames in April 2019.
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