''Joan the Maid'' (french: Jeanne la pucelle) is a two-part 1994 French
historical film
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...
directed by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine ''Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including ''L'amour fou' ...
. It chronicles the life of
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
from the French perspective.
This film was released in two parts: ''Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles'' (french: Les Batailles) and ''Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons'' (french: Les Prisons).
Cast
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Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...
as Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
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Édith Scob
Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in '' Eyes Without a Face'' (1960).
Early life and family
Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirov ...
as
Jeanne de Béthune
Jeanne may refer to:
Places
* Jeanne (crater), on Venus
People
* Jeanne (given name)
* Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431)
* Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374)
* Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384)
* Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Amer ...
*Tatiana Moukhine as
Isabelle Romée
Isabelle Romée, also known as Isabelle de Vouthon and Isabelle d'Arc (1377–1458) and Ysabeau Romee, was the mother of Joan of Arc. She grew up in Vouthon-Bas and later married Jacques d'Arc. The couple moved to Domrémy, where they owned a ...
*Jean-Marie Richier as Durand Laxart
*Baptiste Roussillon as
Baudricourt
Baudricourt () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Baudricourt is on the Cochon river, a left tributary of the Val d'Arol.
History
Baudricourt, Église Saint-Remy.The name Baldrici curtis is attested as ...
*Jean-Luc Petit as Henri Le Royer
*Bernadette Giraud as Catherine Le Royer
*Jean-Claude Jay as Jacques Alain
*Olivier Cruveiller as
Jean de Metz Jean de Metz (also Jean de Nouillonpont) (born c. 1398) was a French nobleman who is known primarily for his role in the exploits of Joan of Arc.
Biography
His alternative name derives from Nouillonpont, a village in the Meuse département then i ...
*Benjamin Rataud as
Bertrand de Poulengy Bertrand de Poulengy (born c. 1392) was a French nobleman who is best known for his association with Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War.
Biography
Very little is known about de Poulengy's life. He is believed to have been born sometime arou ...
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André Marcon
André Marcon (born 6 July 1948) is a French actor. In 1980 he starred in ''Le Voyage en douce'' directed by Michel Deville.
Selected filmography
* ''Le Voyage en douce'' (1980)
* '' Stolen Life'' (1998)
* ''Peau d'Ange'' (2002)
* ''The Page ...
as
Charles, Dauphin of France
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Jean-Louis Richard
Jean-Louis Richard (17 May 1927 – 3 June 2012) was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter.
Biography
Born as Jean Marius Richard in Paris, Richard was Jeanne Moreau's first husband from 1949 to 1951.
Partial filmography
*1960: '' ...
as La Trémoille
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Marcel Bozonnet
Marcel-Louis Bozonnet (born 18 May 1944, in Semur-en-Auxois), is a French actor.
Bozonnet entered the Comédie-Française in 1982, and became a " sociétaire" in 1986. He subsequently directed the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatiq ...
as
Regnault de Chartres
Regnault de Chartres ( in Ons-en-Bray - 4 April 1444 in Tours) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Rheims, peer of France (as Archbishop-Duke of Rheims) and chancellor of France during the reign of King Charles VII of France. In 1429 during ...
*Patrick Le Mauff as Jean Bâtard d'Orléans
*Didier Sauvegrain as
Raoul de Gaucourt
Raoul de Gaucourt, also known as the Sieur de Gaucort or Sire de Gaucourt (c. 1370–1461) was a French soldier and statesman. He fought at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 and the Siege of Harfleur in 1415, and spent 10 years as a prisoner in Engl ...
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Jean-Pierre Lorit
Jean-Pierre Lorit (born 29 November 1960) is a French actor.
His most recognizable role is in the film '' Three Colors: Red''.
In 2005, he performed August Strindberg's ''Créanciers'' directed by Hélène Vincent, with Lambert Wilson and Emma ...
as Jean d'Alençon
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Bruno Wolkowitch
Bruno Wolkowitch is a French actor born on 10 May 1961 in Paris, in the 11th arrondissement.
Biography
Bruno Wolkowitch (orig. Wołkowicz) is of Polish descent. His father was a tailor turned bookkeeper and his mother a beautician who became a d ...
as
Gilles de Laval
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais (), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later convi ...
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Hélène de Fougerolles
Hélène Christine Marie Rigoine de Fougerolles (; born 25 February 1973) is a French actress who was twice nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress (known as the French Oscar) for Arthur Joffé's ''Let There Be Light'' (1998) ...
as Jeanne de Bar
Releases
In the original version, ''Jeanne la pucelle I: Les batailles'' ran for 160 minutes (2:40), and ''Jeanne la pucelle II: Les prisons'' ran for 176 minutes (2:56), for a total of 336 minutes (5:36).
The American DVD version had a significant portion cut. ''Joan the Maid: The Battles'' ran for 110 minutes (1:50), and ''Joan the Maid: The Prisons'' ran for 116 minutes (1:56), for a total of 226 minutes (3:46).
A 4K restoration of the film was released in August 2019, with a Blu-ray version of the restored film seeing release in December 2019.
Reception
Glenn Kenny calls the film "essential cinema", in which the director (Rivette) "... applies a cinematic style that’s both impassioned and elegantly simple and rational to Joan’s inner and outer life, using long takes and brilliantly considered camera movements throughout."
References
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1994 films
Films directed by Jacques Rivette
Films about Joan of Arc
French historical drama films
1990s French-language films
Films released in separate parts
1990s French films
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