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Bookmark this pageProcès de Jeanne d'Arc (1962)
Director: Robert Bresson
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From Time Out Film Guide
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.Author: GAd
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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