The Groundwork for Cinematic Drama

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2019)

This movie feels holy. Like if a Bible story was shot on camera, that how it feels watching this (I know it's not a Bible story). Every frame is packed with so much drama that it seems as if it were portraying something truly world-changing. Any frame could be a painting, they're all so well thought out. The Passion of Joan of Arc is carried by not only the surgical camerawork but by the passion of Marie Falconetti. She acts exactly how you'd expect a saint to act. I read somewhere that this was the first film that let people know that film could be art and, while I don't necessarily agree that this was the first, it's influence is clear even today in more serious films.