Jeanne d'Arc: My name is Joan. I'm 19.
Jeanne d'Arc: I'm sent by God and have no business here. Send me back to God from whom I came.
Bishop Cauchon: You must tell your judge the truth.

Jeanne d'Arc: Beware of calling yourself my judge.
Jeanne d'Arc: I heard it in church. There was light all around. There was always a light. The third time I recognized the voice of an angel. It told me to lift the siege at Orléans. First I was to go to Vaucouleurs. The voice told me what would happen.
Bishop Cauchon: Is it an angel's voice or is it directly from God?

Jeanne d'Arc: It's the voice of St. Catherine and St. Margaret. They wear beautiful crowns.

Bishop Cauchon: How do you know it's those two?

Jeanne d'Arc: They began to guide me seven years ago.
Bishop Cauchon: Which do you love more: your flag or your sword?

Jeanne d'Arc: My flag, 40 times over.

Bishop Cauchon: Who carried the flag?

Jeanne d'Arc: I did, so as to kill no one. I've never killed.
Jeanne d'Arc: I rely on God. The voice is soft and speaks the language of France.
Jeanne d'Arc: My capture must please Our Lord, so it's for the best. How could he mislead me when he comforts me every day?
Jeanne d'Arc: I'd rather give my soul to God than be in English hands.
Bishop Cauchon: Do your saints hate the English?

Jeanne d'Arc: They love what Our Lord loves and hate what he hates.

Bishop Cauchon: Does God hate the English?

Jeanne d'Arc: Whether he loves or hates them I don't know. I only know they'll be driven from France or die here.
Jeanne d'Arc: I place my trust in God and love him with all my heart. He is my judge and king of heaven and earth.
Jeanne d'Arc: I've done no wrong. I believe in the articles of faith and the ten commandments. I trust in the synod and pope and wish to believe what the church believes.
Jeanne d'Arc: In women's clothes, I was beaten and trampled. An English lord tried to rape me three times.
Jeanne d'Arc: I prefer death to shackles.
Jeanne d'Arc: I'd rather die than endure what I'm enduring.
Jeanne d'Arc: I wish to die, yes, but not by burning. My body is pure. It mustn't be reduced to ashes.
Jeanne d'Arc: Pray for me. I forgive the evil done me.
Jeanne d'Arc: My voices were from God. All I did, I did at God's command. My voices did not lie. My visions were from God.

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Anthony 2022-02-24 08:02:17

Rewatch. The repeated interrogation was presented in a mechanical way, which seemed extremely absurd. The sins determined in advance, no matter how perfect the answer was, no matter how steadfast the faith was, could not influence the result. The subtle movements and eye handling are exceptionally delicate, the moment when the weak knocks down Joan of Arc and the cross/burning stake in the smoke at the end is absolutely perfect.
Hannah 2022-04-21 09:03:29

1. Compared with the exaggerated emphasis of Dreyer's version, I prefer Bresson's calm and concise. 2. The actor's mechanical expression is particularly harmonious under this theme, and the tight shot and closed composition fit the theme of imprisonment; 3. Bresson's heroine is always beautiful, but this time she was amazed, or the most beautiful in film history Jeanne? 4. The peeping in the hole in the wall of the beloved prison and the big cross scene in the thick smoke at the end; (9.0/10)