00:00We agree, The Beautiful South of Notre-Dame is a very beautiful Disney film.
00:02But do you really know why the beautiful south side of Notre-Dame was originally created?
00:08?
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00:11Without the novel that inspired this Disney film,
00:14Notre-Dame de Paris might not be the same today.
00:18No, she's changed in the meantime, but you get the idea.
00:20Before becoming a Disney film, The Beautiful South of Notre Dame was a novel published in 1831 by M.
00:26Victor Hugo.
00:26At that time, the cathedral was in a catastrophic state.
00:30After the French Revolution, many statues were destroyed,
00:34Architectural elements have disappeared and some are even considering demolishing part of the monument.
00:40And Victor Hugo was outraged.
00:42Through the story of Casimodo, Esmeralda and Frollo,
00:45He wants to draw the public's attention to the beauty of the cathedral.
00:48and on the importance of protecting French heritage.
00:51His novel was a huge success
00:53and a few years later, the authorities launched a vast restoration program
00:58entrusted to the architects Eugène Violet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassu.
01:03And it was Viollet-le-Duc in particular who created the famous spire of Notre-Dame.
01:08the one that would collapse during the 2019 fire before being rebuilt.
01:13The Disney film is a loose adaptation of the novel.
01:15but it also allows a new generation to discover
01:18one of Victor Hugo's most important works.
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