The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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The 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an animated adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. The story is set in 15th-century Paris and centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and his love for the beautiful Romani dancer, Esmeralda.
Unlike the novel, the Disney version portrays Quasimodo as naive and friendly, eager for social interaction. Esmeralda is depicted as a Romani girl who is pursued by Quasimodo's adoptive father, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo, and a heroic soldier named Phoebus, with whom she falls in love. The film significantly alters the novel's tragic ending, allowing Esmeralda to survive and become friends with Quasimodo. The movie also changes Frollo's character from an archdeacon to a chief justice to comply with the Hays Code.12
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