Trailer for France’s ‘The Hunchback, Soul of Paris’ Live-Action Movie
by Alex Billington
October 30, 2026
Source: YouTube
“He alone seems to resist the disease.” Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for the new French live-action version of the classic story The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this time adapted into the film titled The Hunchback, Soul of Paris; also Quasimodo, l’âme de Paris in French. Starring French actor Vincent Cassel as the iconic Quasimodo this time. Set in Paris in 1830. As cholera threatens to ravage the city, a hunchback hunted for medical experiments is caught between political turmoil and impossible love. Hunted by the police, he risks everything to save the dancer he has fallen for, inspiring Victor Hugo’s most legendary character. The original story is from Victor Hugo’s 1831 book of the same name, which has been turned into countless movies & series. Most people know the Disney Animation classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame from 1996. This updated version stars Benjamin Voisin, Jean-François Richet (who also directed this movie – and Jason Statham’s Mutiny this year), Daphné Patakia, Karim Leklou, Noémie Lvovsky, and Eugénie Richet as Cosette. France has been re-adapting all of their classic stories, from Les Miserables to The Three Musketeers. This one is up next – heading straight to Netflix to watch later this fall.
Here’s the first trailer for Jean-François Richet’s film The Hunchback, Soul of Paris, from YouTube:
In 1830 Paris, torn apart by cholera and revolution, a hunchbacked stonemason (starring Vincent Cassel as Quasimodo) hunted by the police risks everything to save the dancer he has fallen for, inspiring Victor Hugo’s most legendary character. The Hunchback, Soul of Paris, also known as Quasimodo, l’âme de Paris in French, is directed by French genre filmmaker Jean-François Richet, director of the movies Ma 6-T va crack-er, De l’amour, Assault on Precinct 13 (the 2005 remake), Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, One Wild Moment, Blood Father, The Emperor of Paris, Plane, and Mutiny previously. The screenplay is written by Éric Besnard and Edgar Marie. Adapted from the classic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (titled Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482 in French) written by Victor Hugo, first published in 1831. Produced by Clément Miserez & Matthieu Warter. Netflix debuts Richet’s The Hunchback, Soul of Paris film streaming on Netflix globally starting on November 27th, 2026 this fall. Look any good? Want to watch?
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