This version of the Victor Hugo novel is good, but in fact it doesn't follow the original text as faithfully as it could. For example, it's not Frollo himself but his brother who is the archdeacon. But Esmeralda is just the sweet little gypsy girl from the novel, and Quasimodo, who, what a pity, IS really ugly, looks just like I imagine he would have looked if he had really existed. Frollo, instead, could have been much more disgusting.
I must say that as a whole the film made a deep influence on me, but I was really disappointed in the end. Of course it's OK that Quasimodo didn't get Esmeralda and Esmeralda didn't get Phoebus - but of course, if you think about the novel, both the bell-ringer and the gypsy girl should have died!
I must say that as a whole the film made a deep influence on me, but I was really disappointed in the end. Of course it's OK that Quasimodo didn't get Esmeralda and Esmeralda didn't get Phoebus - but of course, if you think about the novel, both the bell-ringer and the gypsy girl should have died!