''Joan of Arc'' (french: Jeanne) is a 2019 French

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directed by Bruno Dumont and starring Lise Leplat Prudhomme. It is the sequel to '' Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc'' (2017). It was screened in the

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Plot

After her triumph against the English army,

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is captured by the Burgundians. She is put on trial for heresy.

Cast

* Lise Leplat Prudhomme as Jeanne * Jean-François Causeret as Monseigneur Pierre Cauchon * Daniel Dienne as Maître Thomas de Courcelles * Fabien Fenet as Maître Nicolas L'Oiseleur * Robert Hanicotte as Messire Jean d'Estivet * Yves Habert as Maître William Haiton *

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as Charles VII of France * Christophe as Maître Guillaume Evrard

Release

The film had its premiere in the

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on 18 May 2019. It was released in France on 11 September 2019.

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator website

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads: "''Joan of Arc'' (''Jeanne'') definitely offers a different take on this oft-told tale, although it isn't always able to deliver absorbing drama." On

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, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on eleven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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'' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing, "I found this film ultimately exasperating: not quite funny enough to be funny, or serious enough to be serious, or passionate enough to be about the passion of Joan of Arc." Sam C. Mac of ''

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'' praised Lise Leplat Prudhomme's performance, commenting that she "gives an extraordinarily committed, and convincing, performance as the teenaged Joan." Guy Lodge of ''

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'' wrote, "Imposing by any generational measure, Prudhomme's fervid, unflinching performance puts some blood and guts into an otherwise stony, hyper-measured exercise."

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joan Of Arc 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 biographical drama films 2010s French-language films French biographical drama films French sequel films Films directed by Bruno Dumont Films about Joan of Arc 2010s French films