| Joan the Maid | |
| Native Name: | Jeanne la pucelle |
| Director: | Jacques Rivette |
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| Cinematography: | William Lubtchansky |
| Editing: | Nicole Lubtchansky |
| Music: | Jordi Savall |
| Distributor: | BAC Films |
| Runtime: | 336 minutes |
| Country: | France |
Joan the Maid (French: '''Jeanne la pucelle''') is a 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. Chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective, it was released in two parts: Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (French: '''Les Batailles''') and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (French: '''Les Prisons''').
In the original version, Jeanne la pucelle I: Les batailles ran for 160 minutes, and Jeanne la pucelle II: Les prisons for 176 minutes, totalling 336 minutes.
American DVD releases removed significant portions; Joan the Maid: The Battles ran for 110 minutes, and Joan the Maid: The Prisons for 116 minutes, totalling 226 minutes.
A 4K restoration[1] was released in August 2019,[2] with a Blu-ray seeing release in December 2019.[3]
Glenn Kenny calls the film "essential cinema", in which the director (Rivette) "... applies a cinematic style that’s both impassioned and elegantly simple and rational to Joan’s inner and outer life, using long takes and brilliantly considered camera movements throughout."[4]