Quasimodo d'El Paris

Quasimodo d'El Paris is a 1999 French film that is a comedic adaptation of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo.

Quasimodo d'El Paris
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Patrick Timsit
Written by	Jean-François Halin Raffy Shart Patrick Timsit
Produced by	René Cleitman António da Cunha Telles
Starring	Patrick Timsit Richard Berry Mélanie Thierry
Cinematography	Vincenzo Marano
Edited by	Catherine Renault
Music by	Laurent Petitgirard
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$11 million
Box office	$12.8 million[1]

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.^[2]

Cast

• Patrick Timsit as Quasimodo
• Richard Berry as Serge Frollo
• Mélanie Thierry as Agnès / Esméralda
• Vincent Elbaz as Phoebus
• Didier Flamand as The Governor
• Patrick Braoudé as Pierre-Grégoire
• Axelle Abbadie as The Governor's wife
• Dominique Pinon as Trouillefou
• Albert Dray as Pablo
• Doud as Diego
• François Levantal as The psychopath
• Lolo Ferrari as the fairy
• Jean-François Halin as the car driver
• Raffy Shart as the man with a hat
• Cathy Guetta as the prostitute

See also

• List of French films of 1999