The Trial of Joan of Arc

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Based on the transcripts of the actual trial of Joan of Arc, Bresson's film is austere and methodical, balancing Joan's humiliation with her spiritual redemption. Featuring a remarkable cast of non-professional actors, the film portrays Joan's relentless interrogation and persecution by her captors in an almost documentary manner. Bresson transforms her oppression and suffering into a testament to her purity and spiritual liberation.

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Interview with Robert Bresson; Robert Bresson & Jean Guitton Interview; Florence Carraz Interview; George Duby & Laure Adler Interview; Speech by Andre Malraux; Trailer.

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Article - "Robert Bresson: The Cinema of Hidden Souls" by Doug Cummings
Monday 9th May 2005

Some filmmakers are creative tyrants, using cinematic techniques to prescribe emotional reactions. Other filmmakers believe less is more, offering subdued, elliptical, ambiguous works that paradoxically elicit deeper and more enduring feelings. In this latter categor...  View article in full

Article - "Bresson's lucid cinema: Lancelot du Lac and The Devil, Probably" by Jonathan Hourigan
Monday 31st March 2008

Lancelot du Lac

Lancelot du Lac is a towering, luminescent achievement. Bresson’s eleventh feature, his third in colour and the first of three collaborations with the distinguished Italian cinematographer, Pasqualino de Santis, it is amongst Br...  View article in full

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