Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 5.0
A movie of incredible passion
The movie did not make it big and many critics were really hard on it. However, I believe that this movie is one of the most fascinating of the last ten years (along the likes of Braveheart). Milla Jovovich plays with an incredible passion. She is completely transcended by her character and she is very believable as a passionaria. Her slavic nature makes it easier for her to play such roles as it is a passionate people (History has shown it over and over again). It may indeed appeal more to a latin or slavic audience rather than an anglo-saxon one. The character is driven by religion and a godlike patriotism towards her king. Even though that sounds very American (and that's probably why the historical figure is famous there), this is a behaviour that most French, South-Americans or Russians can relate to as they've been through countless revolutions led by such passionarias (sometimes completely unknown). Overall, an enthralling movie and if there would be just one reason to watch that movie, it would have to be for the incredibly realistic battle scenes.