Joan of Arc
- sombre
- slow-burn
- inventive
- signature
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / history, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful Joan will stay true to her mission.
Our read · Joan of Arc (2019) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · history · art house entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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The shape of Joan of Arc
What watching it is actually like.
“You want Bruno Dumont's rigorous, sung, austere take on Joan of Arc's faith and fate.”
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