Description
In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of
Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who
was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice.
But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo
as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by
Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of
Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and
Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the
lively gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three
of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts
to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And
Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral
of Notre Dame. |
