best acting I ever saw

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2013)

I was introduced to this film in a cinema class as one of the greatest films of all times, so I watched it...
WOW! OK everything about this film is incredibly close to perfection: the shots, the montage, all the supporting cast (of note: Eugene Sylvain as Cauchon and Antonin Artaud), etc.
Yet it's all dwarfed by Renée-Jeanne (Maria) Falconetti interpretation which I say with confidence is one the top 5 thespian performance ever... I don't have words to describe her intensity, we were a few people watching it and everybody was staggered.
A must for all cinema lovers, immediately after I checked her filmography, unfortunately her life was plagued with misfortunes and she died too early, leaving only a few other smaller performances.