Claude et Juliette

In the spring of 1846, a young painter lives on the heights of Paris’ Place du Panthéon, a man whose appearance is as strikingly odd as his talent is undeniable. Nicknamed Quasimodo by his peers, he wrestles with a relentless self‑consciousness, believing his own ugliness makes love and fame impossible. Yet his ambition to achieve artistic glory pushes him to set a personal deadline: survive until his thirtieth birthday before surrendering to despair.

One moonlit night he wanders the Champs‑Élysées and witnesses a slender young woman pursued by a bulky, flamboyant suitor. Impulsively, the painter steps in, declaring himself her protector and confronting the intruder with a mixture of bravado and desperation. This sudden act of chivalry sets him on a path where his yearning for beauty, honor, and perhaps redemption will be tested.