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Joan the Maid

Joan the Maid 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 and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The 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 (Joan's uncle) • 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 PoulengyAndré Marcon as Charles, Dauphin of FranceJean-Louis Richard as La Trémoille • Marcel Bozonnet as Regnault de Chartres • Patrick Le Mauff as Jean Bâtard d'Orléans • Didier Sauvegrain as Raoul de GaucourtJean-Pierre Lorit as Jean d'Alençon • Bruno Wolkowitch as Gilles de LavalHélène de Fougerolles as Jeanne de Bar ==Releases==
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==
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==
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