The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Page #4

Synopsis: In 1412, a young girl called Jeanne is born in Domrémy, France. The times are hard: The Hunderd Years war with England has been going on since 1337, English knights and soldiers roam the country. Jeanne develops into a very religious young woman, she confesses several times a day. At the age of 13, she has her first vision and finds a sword. When coming home with it, she finds the English leveling her home town. Years after that, in 1428, she knows her mission is to be ridding France of the English and so sets out to meet Charles, the Dauphin. In his desperate military situation, he welcomes all help and gives the maiden a chance to prove her divine mission. After the successful liberation of Orléans and Reims, the Dauphin can be crowned traditionally in the cathedral of Reims - and does not need her anymore, since his wishes are satisfied. Jeanne d'Arc gets set up in his trap and is imprisoned by the Burgundians. In a trial against her under English law, she can't be forced to tell ab
Director(s): Luc Besson
Production: Columbia Pictures
  5 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
30%
R
Year:
1999
148 min
Website
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FATHER:

Listen, Jeanne... your Uncle and

Aunt are taking you to their house

for a few weeks... just to give us

time to rebuild what we can.

Jeanne looks at him blankly, her thoughts too deep for

tears.

EXT. VILLAGE & ROAD - DAY

Jeanne sits on the back of a small hay-wagon. Her Uncle

and Aunt are up front, eyes on the barren, devastated

countryside ahead, while Jeanne gazes fixedly on the road

behind. From her POV: the receding figures of her

parents, gradually merging with the dusty landscape.

INT. DAXART'S HOUSE - NIGHT

A large, low room, almost identical to Jeanne's house: a

bare, earthen floor with chickens running about, and a

huge cave of a fireplace. The Aunt doles out soup from a

cauldron -- first to her husband, then to Jeanne.

DAXART:

Lord, we give thanks for the food

you have given us. Teach us always

to love this land, and to save it

from those who seek to destroy it.

Amen.

Jeanne says nothing -- noted by Daxart. His wife nudges

him with a gesture to let her be.

INT. DAXART ATTIC - NIGHT

Daxart opens the door to an attic room, his wife standing

behind him with Jeanne. She wanders into the room, tidy

but sparse, and sits on the edge of the bed. Daxart looks

a little put out.

DAXART:

So... good night then.

The Aunt understands Jeanne better than her husband, and

leads him from the room.

INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT

The Daxarts share the communal sleeping area with a couple

of goats and a mangy dog. Daxart is settling down to

sleep, but his wife lies awake.

AUNT:

What's going to happen to her?

DAXART:

She'll be fine. She'll grow up...

find a good man... make him some

children. Don't worry -- she's been

hurt, but she'll survive. Tomorrow

she'll be as right as rain, you'll

see.

INT. DAXART ATTIC - DAY

Daxart opens the door to the attic. Jeanne has not moved:

she's still sitting on the bed like the day before.

JEANNE:

I want to see a priest.

INT. VILLAGE CHURCH - DAY

Christ, crucified in stained glass. A silver cup is

raised in blessing...

The local PRIEST, much older than the one at Domremy,

lowers the cup, filled with wine in preparation for the

Mass. The Daxarts enter the church at the far end, with

Jeanne between them. The Priest is expecting her.

INT. CONFESSIONAL BOX - DAY

Jeanne sits in the shielded darkness of the confessional

box. She clutches at her little wooden cross and at last

begins to cry.

PRIEST:

I heard about your sister, and I...

understand your pain...

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