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A lavish and highly detailed retelling of the story of Joan of Arc from French director Jacques Rivette. This volume, part one of a two-part set, follows Jeanne the Maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) from her childhood home in Domredy, where she believes she heard the voice of God, to the court of the Dauphin (Andre Marcon), who she hopes will allow her to lead his troops to victory.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Sandrine Bonnaire is superb in the role of Joan, portraying vividly the simplicity and strength of the Maid. Jacques Rivette's direction is that of a master as he evokes the world of medieval France. The supporting actors, too are sensational. The film is quite mezmorising and one just wants to watch it again and again - save for the very end. Mlle. Bonnaire is so convincing as Joan that it is quite impossible to watch the very end - her performance is flawless. This is essentail viewing for all with a devotion to Saint Joan - do not be put off by the battle scenes they are neither laboured nor bloody, but shown for that which they were - essential steps on the road of Joan's pilgrimage. This ought to be in the R.E. room of every Roman Catholic school.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This review is for Parts 1 and 2, it makes no sense to review them separately. When reviewing such a film, with strong religous content, I think the reviewer should disclose his/her beliefs. Mine are that all religion is misguided. This is important because I confess that from this viewpoint it is difficult for me to have much empathy with or sympathy for Jeanne. As she is portrayed she is headstrong and obstinate - which she must have been to follow her "voices" and achieve what she apparently did; but crucially she is also shown as very poor at communicating her experiences of her voices. Throughout the film we are never witness to her hearing anything, just her assertions that her voices have told her to take a particular course. I am not suggesting that Rivette should have resorted to ghostly, other worldly vocals from the saints; that would have been trite and invited scorn or amusement; but he and Bonnaire fail in the absence of these to show us why Jeanne believed that she heard voices and should follow them, and even more importantly why anyone believed her. The scenes where she convinces Charles that her voices indicate that he should follow a certain course of action lack any conviction because they don't show how or why HE was convinced.
The staging of the films is interesting, with many of the scenes linked by narrative from people who were with Jeanne. This provides an unusual personal touch. The indoor scenes involving interaction between a few characters work well on the whole and much better than the outdoor scenes, particularly those involving battle in which a few dozen try to be several hundred. In some instances even this is not attempted - we are simply told by one of the narrators that a battle took place and what the outcome was.... Read more ›
The staging of the films is interesting, with many of the scenes linked by narrative from people who were with Jeanne. This provides an unusual personal touch. The indoor scenes involving interaction between a few characters work well on the whole and much better than the outdoor scenes, particularly those involving battle in which a few dozen try to be several hundred. In some instances even this is not attempted - we are simply told by one of the narrators that a battle took place and what the outcome was.... Read more ›
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By David Waléra
Although she's too aged for playing a nineteen girl, Sandrine Bonnaire seems to be the real twin sister of Joan of Arc ! Such a powerfull performance is rare !
Rivette leeds us in a extraordinary travel in the XVth century, with its slowly pace of living, far away from our "modern" hysterical way of life...
This realistic direction is the best for showing us all the characters in their true humanity.
By this way, the mystical life of Joan seems us so simple and so natural that we could hear God talking to us !
Very great !!!
Rivette leeds us in a extraordinary travel in the XVth century, with its slowly pace of living, far away from our "modern" hysterical way of life...
This realistic direction is the best for showing us all the characters in their true humanity.
By this way, the mystical life of Joan seems us so simple and so natural that we could hear God talking to us !
Very great !!!
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Ra Baxter
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Wasnt greatly impressed with this film (parts 1 and 2))..it was ok in an ok kind of way,but for me it dragged somewhat.Couldnt in all honesty reccomend it,but each to his own.
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