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Joan the Maid
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Wikipedia article
'Joan the Maid' is a two-part 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. It chronicles the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective.
This film was released in two parts: 'Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles' and 'Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons' .
Cast
*Sandrine Bonnaire as Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
*dith Scob as Jeanne de Bthune
*Tatiana Moukhine as Isabelle Rome
*Jean-Marie Richier as Durand Laxart
*Baptiste Roussillon as Baudricourt
*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
*Benjamin Rataud as Bertrand de Poulengy
*Andr Marcon as Charles, Dauphin of France
*Jean-Louis Richard as La Trmoille
*Marcel Bozonnet as Regnault de Chartres
*Patrick Le Mauff as Jean Btard d'Orlans
*Didier Sauvegrain as Raoul de Gaucourt
*Jean-Pierre Lorit as Jean d'Alenon
*Bruno Wolkowitch as Gilles de Laval
*Hlne de Fougerolles 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 thats both impassioned and elegantly simple and rational to Joans inner and outer life, using long takes and brilliantly considered camera movements throughout."
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