Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Different Point Of View
Just as most of reviewes said, this movie is not too "sticked" to facts about Joan D'Arc, but the value of the movie is not the historical one. It is the first movie that gives an atheistic point of view on Joan of Arc. In the movie, St. Joan was pretty schizophrenic and she expiriences religious trances from time to time. Dustin Hoffman as her conscience, represents the logical side of the story and he, in fact, represents the new, atheistic, analysis of Joan D'Arc biography.From artistic point of you, at the end of the movie, I had feeling that I've got too much explanations, although I understood the filmmakers allegation at the middle of the movie, trough excelent allusions that they gave. Every other aspect of movie is done excellent - the acting, the coreography, the directing...There are many people that will deeply disagree with the claims of the movie, but it is still interesting to see it and see what the "other" side thinks. For atheists, the movie answers exactly on the question: who REALLY Joan D'Arc was, inspite of some historical mistaces that are made in the story.