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Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (1962)

Director: Robert Bresson

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Based on the minutes of Joan of Arc's trial, this can be seen as Bresson's essay in sado-masochistic voyeurism. Joan (Carrez) is manacled, spied at through peepholes, genitally scrutinised, and forced (by the director) to squat on a wooden stool as if on a toilet seat. The tension generated by juxtaposing such humiliation with the serenely beautiful text (from the transcription of the trial) resolves itself in the unforgettable final image of Joan's charred remains like a burnt-out firework.

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Cast & crew

Director: Robert Bresson

Producer: Agnès Delahaie

Cast: Florence Carrez, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Marc Jacquier, Roger Honorat, Jean Gillibert full cast

Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers

Duration: 65 mins


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