Joan of Arc (miniseries)

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Joan of Arc
DVD cover for the film
Directed by	Christian Duguay
Produced by	Peter Bray
Written by	Michael Alexander Miller Ronald Parker
Starring	Leelee Sobieski Peter O'Toole Jacqueline Bisset
Music by	Asher Ettinger Charlotte Church (special vocals)
Cinematography	Pierre Gill
Editing by	Ralph Brunjes
Distributed by	CBC (Canada) CBS (USA)
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	140 min. (2-part)
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Joan of Arc is a 1999 two-part television miniseries about the 15th century Catholic Saint of the same name. The film stars Leelee Sobieski as Saint Joan. A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications, the film was shown internationally in 1999.

It tells the story of Joan of Arc from her birth in 1412 to her death in 1431.

1 Plot
2 Awards
3 Cast
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[edit] Plot

Joan is the daughter of Jacques and Isabelle d'Arc and the youngest of four children. At first, her father doesn't want her but Isabelle pleaded for her daughter and he spared Joan's life.

The audience sees her then as a 10 year old girl with long blonde hair playing with her blind childhood friend. She later has her first vision of the Holy Katarina, one of the three saints which visit Joan until her death.

Seven years after this event, she confesses to the pastor that the Holy Katarina gave her the task to free France and to crown the Dauphin as the king. She gets into a hay wagon and arrives at Vaucoleur and helps the inhabitants to escape capitulation. She is then sent to the Dauphin to Chinon.

Arriving at Chinon, she is introduced to the Dauphin. At first, he is suspecious but after testing her he believes her.