Joan the Maid (French: Jeanne la pucelle) is a two-part 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. It chronicles the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective.
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Directed by | Jacques Rivette |
Written by | Pascal Bonitzer Christine Laurent Jacques Rivette |
Starring | Sandrine Bonnaire Tatiana Moukhine Jean-Marie Richier Baptiste Roussillon |
Cinematography | William Lubtchansky |
Edited by | Nicole Lubtchansky |
Music by | Jordi Savall |
Release date | 9 February 1994 |
Running time | Original version: Part 1: 160 minutes Part 2: 176 minutes American version: Part 1: 110 minutes Part 2: 116 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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).
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[1] of the film was released in August 2019,[2] with a Blu-ray version of the restored film seeing release in December 2019.[3]
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."[4]
Films by Jacques Rivette | |
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