Fascinating French documentary about the cathedral’s rebirth @ Hungary’s cinemas from November, 20. 2025.
In April 2019, the entire world was shocked when Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most important masterpieces of medieval architecture, was engulfed in flames. However, the tragedy was followed by an unprecedented collaboration. Over five years, one of the most complex restoration projects in Europe was carried out, involving 340000 donors, 2000 craftsmen and hundreds of professional workshops.
This monumental human and technical undertaking is presented in the French documentary Notre-Dame Resurrected, distributed by Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.
The film, made up of over 350 hours of footage, offers an exceptional insight into the daily lives of restorers, conservationists, masons, carpenters, glass painters, organ restorers and senior engineers. The crew was able to follow the reconstruction from 2020 to 2024 with almost unprecedented access: from the first reinforcement works, to the rebirth of the roof, to the reconstruction of the iconic tower.
The reconstruction of Notre-Dame is also impressive in numbers:1000 m³ of stone for the new vaults and walls … 100 meters of new wooden roof structure above the main nave … four thousand square meters m² of freshly installed lead sheeting on the roof … 41 thousand square meters of cleaned stone surface … 846 million euros donation with support from 150 countries
The film goes beyond statistics … It tells human stories and shows the crafts that, 850 years later, are still based on the same hand movements. The legacy of the medieval journeymen lives on in today’s French workshops. This passion and expertise shine through every frame of the documentary.
By 2024, restorers had returned Notre-Dame to the light that a 14th-century pilgrim might have seen: as if the medieval guilds had only momentarily abandoned the building.
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