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Release, runtime and language
1962 · 62 mins · French
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Starring
Gérard Zingg, Florence Delay, Roger Honorat, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Jean Gillibert, Marc Jacquier

Set in Rouen, Normandy, in 1431 amid the Hundred Years’ War, the film follows the captured Joan of Arc—known as the Maid of Orléans—who is handed over to an English‑backed ecclesiastical tribunal. The court subjects her to a politically motivated trial, highlighting the injustice of the proceedings.

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