Jeanne la Pucelle I: The Battles
Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles
France
1994
160 Min
Color
1.66:1
French
Synopsis
Master filmmaker Jacques Rivette directs this richly detailed drama based on the legend of Joan of Arc.
Sandrine Bonnaire gives a stunning performance as the young maid who believes she is compelled by the voice of God to save France from occupation buy the English. Beginning with her childhood in Demremy, this first installment culminates in her leadership of French troops into victory over the English on the battlefields of Orleans. Rivette’s unique approach to the material presents a strikingly modern study of one of history’s most enduring and fascinating figures. –Artificial Eye
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Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette was one of the central figures in the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) movement. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Rivette was considered the most experimental director of the movement, which his work exemplified. Like many other contemporaries, Rivette had a background in film theory, and he was also a film critic. His work involved a complex interweaving of documentary, fiction, and improvisation. His stories progressed in unconventional ways, and were often quite long. As a result, his work has seldom been shown. Rivette’s film career has spanned seven decades, from Aux Quatre Coins in 1949 to the romantic comedy Va Savoir in 2001. —allmovie guide
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "Joan The Maid: The Battles/The Prisons" (Jacques Rivette, 1994)
By Glenn Kenny on October 13, 2009
Artificial Eye's recent release, on two separate discs, of Jacques Rivette's 1994 two-part film on (obviously) two parts of the life of Joan
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