If you are writing about this film, I can help you or compare it to other versions of her story. A critique of the film's historical inaccuracies?
Portrays Joan with a frantic, almost manic intensity. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan convinces the Dauphin (Charles VII) of her divine mission. If you are writing about this film, I
She witnesses the brutal murder/rape of her sister by English soldiers. Joan convinces the Dauphin (Charles VII) of her
Acts as the personification of Joan's doubt and logic.
The film is a "psychological epic." It treats the battle scenes with visceral, bloody realism while treating the spiritual elements with extreme skepticism. It is less about a saint and more about a girl struggling with the weight of a violent world and her own mind.
Plays Charles VII as a weak, manipulative, and pragmatic politician.
