Original title: Procès de Jeanne d’Arc
Directors: Bresson, Robert
Cast: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Marc Jacquier, Roger Honorat
France 1962 | Black & white | 65 mins
Avaliable on: DCP, DVD
‘Saints’ abound in Bresson’s work, and here, working from the official transcript of Joan’s trial, he shoots her ordeal with a serene simplicity that reveals her vulnerability and her resilient faith, and reminds us of the physicality of her predicament: the final images are a terrifying reminder of her suffering. Stylistically and structurally, this is surely Bresson’s most minimalist work