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All the books by Victor Hugo adapted to cinema and television, ranked
Television adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more.
In 1482 Paris, France, Frollo, the Chief Justice of King Louis XI, becomes obsessed with the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. Meanwhile, Quasimodo, Frollo’s protégé and the bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives peacefully in the heights of the cathedral until Frollo involves him in his twisted plans to rid himself of Esmeralda, who he believes has cast a spell on him.
In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.
In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.
At the urging of his gargoyle pals, Quasimodo leaves the solitary safety of his Notre Dame tower against the wishes of his guardian, the evil Judge Claude Frollo. He ventures out to the Festival of Fools and finds his first true friend, a Romani woman named Esmeralda, who entrusts him with a secret. When the secret is revealed, Quasi soon finds himself fighting to save the people and city he loves.
In Notre Dame’s cathedral, Quasimodo, a bellringer with a hunchback, falls in love with Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy dancer. However, Esmeralda loves a handsome soldier while also catching the eye of the archdeacon and a poor street poet. When a mob accuses her of witchcraft, Quasimodo must save her and find sanctuary for her in the cathedral.
Henry Brogan, a 51-year-old former Marine Scout Sniper who works as an exceptional assassin for the Defense Intelligence Agency, is sent on a mission to assassinate an anonymous bio-terrorist aboard a train. In retaliation for Henry knowing their deception, agency director Lassiter plans to kill him; Clay Varris, head of an elite private military unit codenamed Gemini, requests permission to eliminate him but is denied.
The movie follows the story of a hunchback who is desperately seeking love, but unfortunately gets entangled in a deadly conflict between the Pope and the king of France. Both rulers command the hunchback to assassinate the other, causing him to be caught in the middle of their murderous feud.
In this period adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ Marianne finds herself torn between two suitors following a change in her circumstances, while Elinor pines for a love that seems unattainable