The French film Arde Notre Dame (Notre-Dame brûle), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Élodie Navarre, Chloé Jouannet, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kevin Garnichat, Samuel Labarthe and Jeremie Laheurte, among others, has been released on cinema screens in Spain.
With a screenplay by Jean-Jacques Annaud and Thomas Bidegain, the film recreates the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in April 2019. The virulent fire caused its iconic spire, built between the 12th and 14th centuries, and the roof of the French capital’s Gothic cathedral to collapse and collapse just one hour after the fire broke out. The cathedral’s foundation stone was laid in 1163 and since its completion Notre Dame has been a symbol of Catholicism, the Parisian skyline and one of the most visited monuments in the world with around 13 million visitors a year.
