Adapts Victor Hugo's 1831 novel in which Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of medieval Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed.
Discusses various diseases and conditions that can cause physical disabilities, including arthritis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and visual and hearing impairments.
Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France's most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century.