Joan the Maid


Joan the Maid is a two-part 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. It chronicles the life of Joan of Arc.
This film was released in two parts: Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons.

Cast

In the original version, Jeanne la pucelle I: Les batailles ran for 160 minutes, and Jeanne la pucelle II: Les prisons ran for 176 minutes, for a total of 336 minutes.
The American DVD version had a significant portion cut. Joan the Maid: The Battles ran for 110 minutes, and Joan the Maid: The Prisons ran for 116 minutes, for a total of 226 minutes.
A 4K restoration of the film was released in August 2019, with a Blu-ray version of the restored film seeing release in December 2019.

Reception

Glenn Kenny calls the film "essential cinema", in which the director "... 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."