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The Trial of Joan of Arc

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7.2/10 • 138

1963-02-131h 2m

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Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.

Directors
Robert Bresson
Editors
Germaine Artus

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  1. Florence Delay

    Florence Delay

    Jeanne d'Arc

  2. Jean-Claude Fourneau

    Jean-Claude Fourneau

    Bishop Cauchon

  3. Roger Honorat

    Roger Honorat

    Jean Beaupere

  4. Marc Jacquier

    Marc Jacquier

    Jean Lemaitre

  5. Jean Gillibert

    Jean Gillibert

    Jean de Châtillon

  6. Michel Herubel

    Michel Herubel

    Isambert de la Pierre

  7. André Régnier

    André Régnier

    D'Estivet

  8. Arthur Le Bau

    Arthur Le Bau

    Jean Massieu

  9. Marcel Darbaud

    Marcel Darbaud

    Nicolas de Houppeville

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CinemaSerf

Nov 10, 2022

7/10

There is something especially evocative about the way in which this quite short film has been put together by Robert Bresson and Léonce-Henri Burel. In just over an hour, it offers us a startlingly bleak interpretation of the last weeks of Joan of Arc's life, imprisoned, manipulated and subjected to immense amounts of intellectual cruelty by a church and a state that was determined that she should burn - regardless of any guilt or innocence. Florence Delay is very effective in the tital role - probably the best characterisation of this woman I have ever seen. Jean-Claude Fourneau is also at the top of his game as the prosecuting bishop "Cauchon" offering us a vision of a man as devoid of any Christian kindness as it is possible to imagine. Given everyone knows what did happen to this tortured soul, Bresson still manages to elicit a considerable degree of optimism: might things end differently this time? The dialogue is bland. Not in any dull sense, but in a matter-of-fact, non-florid fashion. The photography is basic and almost rudimentary - indeed, that also adds a great deal to the authenticity of just what it might well have been like at the time. If you ever watch any films about this historical event, then this ought to be the one...

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
warrior womanbased on true storyhistorical figuretrialhundred years' waryoung womanreligious fundamentalismmartyrdomfrench courtwitch huntpolitical corruptionjoan of arc15th centurymedieval francemedieval historyjeanne d'arc