The Trial of Joan of Arc
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama, History | 7.6/10 IMDb Director Robert Bresson Music director Francis Seyrig Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1962 Initial release February 13, 1963 (Sweden) Cast (Jeanne d'Arc (as Florence Carrez)), (Bishop Cauchon), Roger Honorat (Jean Beaupere), Marc Jacquier (Jean Lemaitre), (Jean de Chatillon), Michel Herubel (Isambert de la Pierre - French Monk)Similar movies Related Robert Bresson movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The trial of joan of arc trailer 1962
The Trial of Joan of Arc (French: Procès de Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1962 historical film by the French director Robert Bresson. Joan of Arc is played by Florence Delay.
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- The trial of joan of arc trailer 1962
- The trial of joan of arc 1962 trailer
- Synopsis
- Cast
- Reception
- Awards
- References
As with Bresson's most renowned films, The Trial of Joan of Arc stars non-professional performers and is filmed in an extremely spare, restrained style. Bresson's screenplay is drawn from the transcriptions of Joan's trial and rehabilitation.
Bresson's Joan of Arc is often compared with The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Bresson compared that film unfavorably with his own, expressing his dislike of the actors' "grotesque buffooneries" in Dreyer's film.
The trial of joan of arc 1962 trailer
Synopsis
In 1431 Jeanne, a French peasant girl, is imprisoned for heresy and brought to trial at Rouen. Despite rigorous interrogation by the judges and constant persecution from the jailers, her faith remains unshaken. The relentless theological questioning and argument in court is broken only by an ineffectual attempt at torture and an examination to prove her virginity. Jeanne's insistence that her military ventures were bidden by God is scoffed at by the English, who are anxious to destroy the legend already building around her. In a moment of weakness during the trial, Jeanne recants her faith. She is sentenced to life imprisonment, but when she retracts her earlier confession, the court decrees that she be burned at the stake as a witch.
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Reception
The Trial of Joan of Arc was not warmly received by critics on its original release. While it remains less acclaimed than most of Bresson's previous works, retrospective reviews are nonetheless positive. It holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.2/10.
Awards
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
References
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