Breaking gender norms since the 1920's

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2019)

Perhaps the very first "art film", this movie uses a lot of close-ups to convey a sort of claustrophobia with the church, which spent the majority of the run-time trying to get Joan to conform to gender norms and to their standards of not being able to hear God. And while there is no music in this silent film, it almost accentuates the somber tone that parallels the final moments of Jesus' life as well.