“Notre-Dame burns”, an event film on the fire of the Parisian cathedral

It is an event film that tells how men and women saved Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. “Our Lady burns”, the new film by Jean-Jacques Annaud which comes out on Wednesday March 16 at the cinema, draws up an hour-by-hour reconstruction of the incredible reality of April 15, 2019. A dive into the night of anguish experienced by the 400 firefighters, in suffocating heat.

John Jacques Annaud came in person to present his film in preview in Bourges (Expensive). At the exit of the room, the spectators saluted the bravery of the firefighters. “I cried when I saw the images of Notre-Dame burnt, and there I still shed my little tear“, testifies one of them. In this film, colossal resources have been brought together to represent this fire, which is a historic event.