Jeanne la Pucelle II: The Prisons

Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons

France

1994

176 Min

Color

1.66:1

French

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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PROD Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant

SCR Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette

CAST Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet, Patrick Le Mauff, Didier Sauvegrain, Quentin Ogier, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Bruno Wolkowitch, Romain Lagarde, Emmanuel de Chauvigny, Mathias Jung, Jean-Pierre Becker, Xavier Maly, Stéphane Boucher, Yann Collette, Hélène de Fougerolles, Edith Scob

PROD DES Emmanuel de Chauvigny

In part two of Jacques Rivette’s epic retelling of the life of Joan of Arc, ‘The Prisons’ continues with Jeanne (Sandrine Bonnaire) leading her countrymen in victorious assaults on the English army. But when she is finally captured and put on trial, she finds both her life and the sanctity of her body at stake.
The conclusion of Rivette’s acclaimed masterpiece paints a compelling portrait of this captivating historical legend. —Artificial Eye

Director

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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apursansar

23Dec09

Maria Falconetti and Florence Delay both portrayed her in a terrific way, but Sandrine Bonnaire IS Jeanne d'Arc. Rivette´s late masterpiece doesn´t just focus on the trial, but depicts the circumstances that lead to it, and creates one of the most authentic and extraordinary renarrations of medieval history.

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