Joan the Maid - Misplaced Pages

1994 French film

Joan the Maid

Jeanne la pucelle
Directed by	Jacques Rivette
Written by	Jacques Rivette (part 1 only) Pascal Bonitzer Christine Laurent
Produced by	Martine Marignac Maurice Tinchant
Starring	Sandrine Bonnaire Tatiana Moukhine Jean-Marie Richier Baptiste Roussillon
Cinematography	William Lubtchansky
Edited by	Nicole Lubtchansky
Music by	Jordi Savall
Production companies	France 3 Cinéma La Sept Cinéma
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release dates	9 February 1994 (1994-02-09) (Part 1) 10 February 1994 (1994-02-10) (Part 2)
Running time	336 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French English Latin

Joan the Maid (French: Jeanne la pucelle) is a 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. Chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective, it 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).

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire as Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
Édith Scob as Jeanne de Béthune
Tatiana Moukhine as Isabelle Romée
Jean-Marie Richier as Durand Laxart
Baptiste Roussillon as Baudricourt
Jean-Luc Petit as Henri Le Royer
Bernadette Giraud as Catherine Le Royer
Jean-Claude Jay as Jacques Alain
Olivier Cruveiller as Jean de Metz
Benjamin Rataud as Bertrand de Poulengy
André Marcon as Charles, Dauphin of France
Jean-Louis Richard as La Trémoille
Marcel Bozonnet as Regnault de Chartres
Patrick Le Mauff as Jean Bâtard d'Orléans
Didier Sauvegrain as Raoul de Gaucourt
Jean-Pierre Lorit as Jean d'Alençon
Bruno Wolkowitch as Gilles de Laval
Hélène de Fougerolles as Jeanne de Bar

Releases

In the original version, Jeanne la pucelle I: Les batailles ran for 160 minutes, and Jeanne la pucelle II: Les prisons for 176 minutes, totalling 336 minutes.

American DVD releases removed significant portions; Joan the Maid: The Battles ran for 110 minutes, and Joan the Maid: The Prisons for 116 minutes, totalling 226 minutes.

A 4K restoration was released in August 2019, with a Blu-ray seeing release in December 2019.

Reception

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."

References

Franc, K. (22 July 2017). "What is 4k restoration? We break it down". Digital Fox. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Uhlich, Keith (1 August 2019). "'Joan the Maid': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
Collier, Stuart (3 December 2019). "Review: Jacques Rivette's Joan the Maid on Cohen Media Group Blu-ray". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Kenny, Glenn (2 August 2019). "Joan the Maid movie review & film summary (2019)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

External links

v t e Films by Jacques Rivette
Filmography Bibliography Themes and style
Fool's Mate (1956) Paris Belongs to Us (1960) The Nun (1966) L'Amour fou (1969) Out 1 (1971) Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) Duelle (1976) Noroît (1976) Merry-Go-Round (1981) Le Pont du Nord (1981) Love on the Ground (1984) Hurlevent (1985) Gang of Four (1989) La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Joan the Maid (1994) Up, Down, Fragile (1995) "Une aventure de Ninon" in Lumière and Company (1995) Secret Defense (1998) Va savoir (2001) The Story of Marie and Julien (2003) The Duchess of Langeais (2007) Around a Small Mountain (2009)

Films by Jacques Rivette

Fool's Mate (1956)
Paris Belongs to Us (1960)
The Nun (1966)
L'Amour fou (1969)
Out 1 (1971)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Duelle (1976)
Noroît (1976)
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Hurlevent (1985)
Gang of Four (1989)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Joan the Maid (1994)
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
"Une aventure de Ninon" in Lumière and Company (1995)
Secret Defense (1998)
Va savoir (2001)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Around a Small Mountain (2009)

v t e Pascal Bonitzer
Films written and directed	Encore (1996) Rien sur Robert (1999) Small Cuts (2003) Made in Paris (2006) The Great Alibi (2008) Looking for Hortense (2012) Tout de suite maintenant (2016)
Films written	The Brontë Sisters (1979) Liberty Belle (1983) Cheaters (1984) Love on the Ground (1984) Hurlevent (1985) Golden Eighties (1986) Scene of the Crime (1986) Les Innocents (1987) Gang of Four (1989) La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Night and Day (1991) My Favorite Season (1993) Joan the Maid (1994) Up, Down, Fragile (1995) The Lambs (1996) Thieves (1996) Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) Genealogies of a Crime (1997) Secret Defense (1998) Lumumba (2000) Va savoir (2001) The Story of Marie and Julien (2003) Changing Times (2004) The Duchess of Langeais (2007) Around a Small Mountain (2009) Gemma Bovery (2014) Murder in Pacot (2014) Valentin Valentin (2015) The Innocents (2016) The Young Karl Marx (2017) Last Summer (2023)

Pascal Bonitzer

Films written and directed

Encore (1996)
Rien sur Robert (1999)
Small Cuts (2003)
Made in Paris (2006)
The Great Alibi (2008)
Looking for Hortense (2012)
Tout de suite maintenant (2016)

Films written

The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Liberty Belle (1983)
Cheaters (1984)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Hurlevent (1985)
Golden Eighties (1986)
Scene of the Crime (1986)
Les Innocents (1987)
Gang of Four (1989)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Night and Day (1991)
My Favorite Season (1993)
Joan the Maid (1994)
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
The Lambs (1996)
Thieves (1996)
Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
Secret Defense (1998)
Lumumba (2000)
Va savoir (2001)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Changing Times (2004)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Gemma Bovery (2014)
Murder in Pacot (2014)
Valentin Valentin (2015)
The Innocents (2016)
The Young Karl Marx (2017)
Last Summer (2023)

Joan of Arc

Life and background

Family and
contemporaries

Cultural depictions

Poetry	The Tale of Joan of Arc (1429) Joan of Arc (1796)
Paintings	Joan of Arc Kissing the Sword of Deliverance (1863) Joan of Arc (1879)
Statues	Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) New York City Paris Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. Jeanne au Sacre
Plays	The Maid of Orleans (1801) Saint Joan (1923) The Lark (1952) The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 (1952) I, Joan (2022)
Films	Joan of Arc (1900) Joan the Woman (1916) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Saint Joan the Maid (1929) Joan of Arc (1935) Joan of Arc (1948) Daughters of Destiny (1954) Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954) Saint Joan (1957) The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) Joan the Maid (1994) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Silence of Joan (2011) Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) Joan of Arc (2019)
Television	Saint Joan (1967) Joan of Arc (1999 miniseries)
Operas	Giovanna d'Arco (1845) The Maid of Orleans (1881) Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna (written 1943) The Triumph of St. Joan (1950) The Survival of St. Joan (1970) Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)

This article related to a French film of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:

Cast

Releases

Reception

References

Further reading

External links