Joan the Maid

The Battles / The Prisons (2-DVD)

Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire & Andre Marcon Director: Jacques Rivette

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
2-Disc Set
Aspect Ratio: Letterboxed

Additional Release Material:

Text/Photo Galleries:

Essay - 1. JACQUES RIVETTE AND THE FRENCH NEW WAVE
2. HISTORY OF JOAN OF ARC ON STAGE
Filmographies - 1. Sandrine Bonnaire - Star
2. Jacques Rivette - Director

Product Description:

In these two extraordinary companion films French New Wave director Jacques Rivette offers a fresh, brilliant reinterpretation of one of the great historical figures of the millennium, Joan of Arc. Named one of the year's ten best films by Cahiers du Cinema. THE BATTLES: An amazing portrayal of Joan of Arc's life, from her birth to her efforts to convince the French that she has been sent by God and can defeat the English, to the defeat of the English at Orleans. THE PRISONS: The second portion of Rivette's masterful Joan of Arc saga depicts Joan's occupation of Compeigne, her desertion by her men, and her subsequent imprisonment and death sentence.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Drama (General) | Heroes | Historic Figures

Production Notes:

JOAN THE MAID was rated eighth in Susan Sontag's "Best of the '90s" list.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Sandrine Bonnaire & Andre Marcon
Directed by		Jacques Rivette
Screenwriting by		Pascal Bonitzer & Christine Laurent
Performer		Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Nozonnet & Patrick La Mauff

DVD Details:

Label: Facets
Originally Released in: 1994
Number of Discs: 2
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 3 hours, 47 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: May 22, 2001
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 74,938
Item UPC: 736899415037
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 2 item(s) for International Shipping.

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