Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant gi
Although not Bresson's finest film, The Trial of Joan of Arc is fascinating for all those interested in films and their making. It does not, however, tell us a story that we have not heard a dozen times before - Carl Th. Dreyer made a much celebrated film about Joan's trial as well. The two legendary directors even used the same source material.
Rather the root of this fascination, for me at least, is its running time of little over sixty minutes. And the fact that Bresson has managed to tell the story of Joan of Arc in such a small time.
This film represents something of an apex in economical film making and editing (outside of the avant garde) and as much is a must see for any prospective film maker. Fans of Bresson should appreciate it all the more.
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French auteur Robert Bresson presents a dramatisation of the trial and execution of the French national heroine Joan of Arc, captured by the English during the Hundred Years' War. Basing his screenplay on the actual transcripts of the trial, Bresson follows Joan of Arc as a young peasant girl castigated for being a witch after she claims to have been commanded by God into leading an armed rebellion against the English.
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