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The story of Joan of Arc, minus battle scenes, from being put in charge of Charles VII's army to her trial for heresy and subsequent execution. It's all wrapped up in a dream of Charles', 25 years later, allowing him to tell her that her conviction was overturned in a posthumous retrial. Jean Seberg, still a teenager at the time, turns in a solid performance as Joan, capturing her innocence and her piety, if not the eloquence the real Joan must have possessed to lead so many others into battle: she cries a few times, but it's doubtful that the viewer ever will. Gets its history substantially correct, however. Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw and written by Graham Greene.
The story of Joan of Arc, minus battle scenes, from being put in charge of Charles VII's army to her trial for heresy and subsequent execution. It's all wrapped up in a dream of Charles', 25 years later, allowing him to tell her that her conviction was overturned in a posthumous retrial. Jean Seberg, still a teenager at the time, turns in a solid performance as Joan, capturing her innocence and her piety, if not the eloquence the real Joan must have possessed to lead so many others into battle: she cries a few times, but it's doubtful that the viewer ever will. Gets its history substantially correct, however. Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw and written by Graham Greene.
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