In
15th
century
Paris,
Clopin
the
puppeteer
tells
the
story
of
Quasimodo,
the
misshapen
gentle-souled
bell
ringer
of
Notre
Dame,
who
was
nearly
killed
as
a
baby
by
Claude
Frollo,
the
Minister
of
Justice.
But
Frollo
was
forced
by
the
Archdeacon
of
Notre
Dame
to
raise
Quasimodo
as
his
own.
Now
a
young
man,
Quasimodo
is
hidden
from
the
world
by
Frollo
in
the
belltower
of
the
cathedral.
But
during
the
Festival
of
Fools,
Quasimodo,
cheered
on
by
his
gargoyle
friends
Victor,
Hugo,
and
Laverne,
decides
to
take
part
in
the
festivities,
where
he
meets
the
lively
gypsy
girl
Esmeralda
and
the
handsome
soldier
Phoebus.
The
three
of
them
find
themselves
ranged
against
Frollo's
cruelty
and
his
attempts
to
destroy
the
home
of
the
gypsies,
the
Court
of
Miracles.
And
Quasimodo
must
desperately
defend
both
Esmeralda
and
the
very
cathedral
of
Notre
Dame.