Joan the Maid

Joan the Maid (Jeanne la pucelle) is a 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. Chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective, it was released in two parts: Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (Les Batailles) and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (Les Prisons).

Cast

 * Sandrine Bonnaire as Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
 * Édith Scob as Jeanne de Béthune
 * Tatiana Moukhine as Isabelle Romée
 * Jean-Marie Richier as Durand Laxart
 * Baptiste Roussillon as Baudricourt
 * Jean-Luc Petit as Henri Le Royer
 * Bernadette Giraud as Catherine Le Royer
 * Jean-Claude Jay as Jacques Alain
 * Olivier Cruveiller as Jean de Metz
 * Benjamin Rataud as Bertrand de Poulengy
 * André Marcon as Charles, Dauphin of France
 * Jean-Louis Richard as La Trémoille
 * Marcel Bozonnet as Regnault de Chartres
 * Patrick Le Mauff as Jean Bâtard d'Orléans
 * Didier Sauvegrain as Raoul de Gaucourt
 * Jean-Pierre Lorit as Jean d'Alençon
 * Bruno Wolkowitch as Gilles de Laval
 * Hélène de Fougerolles as Jeanne de Bar

Releases
In the original version, Jeanne la pucelle I: Les batailles ran for 160 minutes, and Jeanne la pucelle II: Les prisons for 176 minutes, totalling 336 minutes.

American DVD releases removed significant portions; Joan the Maid: The Battles ran for 110 minutes, and Joan the Maid: The Prisons for 116 minutes, totalling 226 minutes.

A 4K restoration was released in August 2019, with a Blu-ray seeing release in December 2019.

Reception
Glenn Kenny calls the film "essential cinema", in which the director (Rivette) "... 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."