Summary
A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.
Cast
Samuel Labarthe
General Gontier
Jean-Paul Bordes
General Gallet
Mickaël Chirinian
Laurent Prades, general manager of Notre-Dame
Jérémie Laheurte
Chief Adjutant Joël
Maximilien Seweryn
Chief Sergeant Reynald
Garlan Le Martelot
Aurélien, young manager
Dimitri Storoge
Captain Francis
Pierre Lottin
Lieutenant Alexandre
Jules Sadoughi
Chief Sergeant Jordan
Chloé Jouannet
Chief Corporal Marianne
Vassili Schneider
Corporal Sandro
Ava Baya
Novice firefighter Marie-Eve
Nathan Gruffy
Novice firefighter Victor
Sébastien Lalanne
Captain Marcus
Oumar Diolo
Moumet D., fire safety supervisor
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
Élodie Navarre
Little Chloé's mom
Chloé Chevallier
Chloé, little girl
Loic Djani
Captain PC
Kevin Garnichat
Lieutenant Colonel Michelon
Daniel Horn
Scottish guide
Tony Le Bacq
Petit-Pont roadblock policeman
Romain Ogerau
Chief of staff of the Mayor of Paris
Billel Sakhri
Adjutant Ibrahim
Julien Desjardins
Firefighter Francis
Anne Hidalgo
Anne Hidalgo
Fabien Houssaye
Édouard Philippe
Tyneille Louise
Selfie American tourist
Satya Dusaugey
Lieutenant Rufus
Xavier Maly
Monseigneur Charley
Benoît Tachoires
Father Boulanger, fire chaplain
Bernard Gabay
Colonel Roland
Pascal Rénéric
Conservative of Notre Dame
Pierre-Marc Levergeois
Donald Trump
Gerardo Maffei
Italian guide
Adrien Schmück
Young architect in sneakers
Reshny Massaka
Hostess Versailles
Ludivine de Chastenet
Céline, conservative
Gauthier Battoue
Climbing firefighter
Joël Demarty
Jean-Paul, canon
Johann Vexo
Organist
Alain Cauchi
Guardian of 'Lever de doute'
Carole Gaessler
Self
Anne-Sophie Lapix
Self
Gilles Bouleau
Self
Olalla Escribano
Spanish guide
Shuengit Chow
Chinese guide
Nathalie Portal
Quebecois guide
Anya Andrianova
Russian guide
Rainer Sievert
German guide
Sophie Chen
Cantonese guide
Régis Chaussard
French guide
Yukiko Nagashima
Japanese guide
Andras Vigh
Hungarian guide
Simon Valentin
Firefighter responsible for the extrication truck
Alice Muneaux
BSPP operational center teleoperator
Florian Collet
BSPP operational center teleoperator
Florent Lemoine
BSPP operational center teleoperator
Geneviève Pier Boivin
Mother of the little Quebecer
Michel Laliberté
Father of the little Quebecer
Philippe Guerreiro
Site manager
Prokash Roy
Mr. Merlin
Rosita Dadoun Fernandez
Old lady with cat
Cyril Pinero
Fireman who draws
Édouard Philippe
Self (archive footage)
Vincent Ronsse
Macron film director
Maïko-Eva Verna
Woman of the turnstile
Brandon Suffys
Xavier Jozelon
Emmanuel Macron
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michaël Estarque
Bodyguard of Brigitte Macron (uncredited)
Xavier Desmoutiers
Evacuation police officer (uncredited)
Abraham Amkpa
M.d. (voice) (uncredited)
Océane Dalmazzo
American tourist (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Writer
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer
Thomas Bidegain
Reviews
Geronimo1967
July 28, 2022
7
Just imagine. A builder on the roof of this ancient monument is having a fly cigarette. He throws the butt from the rooftop but instead of finding it's way to the ground, it is blown through one of the slitted windows whereupon it encounters some debris from a pigeon's nest and - well quite literally all hell breaks lose. Jean-Jacques Annaud intersperses real footage of this terrible conflagration with a drama offering us a plausible depiction of just how difficult it was for the Pompiers of Paris to not only tackle this blaze, but to get through the grid-locked streets of their city to the Île de la Cité in the first place. There is a palpable sense of the heat, the smoke - and the fear as the fire fighters tried to coax the water pressure into a meaningful tool to put out the fire whilst what seemed like gallons of molten lead slurped around the roof using the gargoyles as did Charles Laughton back in 1939. The dramatic elements are adequate, but to be honest they don't really matter - most of this is eye-watering. Certainly, you are pretty clearly aware of what is real and what has been staged - the intimate photography leaves us in little doubt of that, but again that doesn't really matter. This film demonstrates the courage and bravery of those tasked with stopping history burning down around them, whilst building on the response nightmare and the religiosity of those who can't quite believe God is allowing this to happen at all! It is all told pacily and effectively in just under two hours. What I really found irritating - exasperating, even, were all the spectators clogging everywhere up - so long as they had a vantage point then the emergency services could wait their turn... Fascinating to watch, and well worth it.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
French
Budget:
$35,000,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00
