Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc

Jeannette l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc / 2017 / France / 115 min

France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend, Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc. With this film Dumont re-thinks the musical genre.

Friday, 15 September 2017 18:00 Pressburger screen (premiere)

Director:
Bruno Dumont

Biography:
The French director was born in 1958, in Bailleul.

Filmography:

2016 Ma Loute
2013 Camille Claudel 1915
1999 L'humanité

Producer:
Muriel Merlin, Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb

Screenwriter:
Bruno Dumont

Cinematographer:
Guillaume Deffontaines

Film editor:
Basile Belkhiri, Bruno Dumont

Cast:
Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, Victoria Lefebvre, Aline Charles

Distributor:
Luxbox