
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
(5.00 / 1 vote)FADE IN:
FADE UP on ripples on the surface of a puddle. Slow PAN
UP:
the water becomes placid, and in it we see thereflection of an inverted CROSS on the top of a small
church. We move across the little churchyard and in
through the open doors.
Utter simplicity -- stone walls, rough-hewn wooden
benches, primitive saints in the stained-glass windows --
chickens peck among the straw that covers the earthen
floor.
INT. CONFESSIONAL BOX - CHURCH - DAY
A little wooden grill slides open and the friendly face of
the village PRIEST peers at us. He glances about,
perplexed.
PRIEST:
Is anybody there?
A small hand appears -- then the face of a girl aged about
10, peering up at him through the grill. The Priest
smiles a trifle wearily.
PRIEST:
You know I'm always happy to see
you, Jeanne, but to keep coming here
JEANNE:
I need to confess.
PRIEST:
But you already confessed this
morning...
JEANNE:
I need to confess again.
PRIEST:
So... alright. What terrible sin
have you committed since then that
can't wait till tomorrow to be
forgiven?
Jeanne climbs up on the prayer-stool to be tall enough to
look the Priest in the eye.
JEANNE:
I saw a poor monk without shoes so I
gave him some.
PRIEST:
There's no sin in charity, Jeanne.
JEANNE:
They weren't my shoes. Mine were
too small.
PRIEST:
Whose were they?
JEANNE:
My father's.
PRIEST:
I'm sure he'll forgive you.
JEANNE:
He already did, but I want God to
forgive me too.
PRIEST:
Jeanne -- if we were to ask
forgiveness all the time, we'd spend
our whole life in church.
JEANNE:
Is that bad?
PRIEST:
(perplexed)
Well no, but... Jeanne, are you
happy at home?
JEANNE:
Oh yes... very.
PRIEST:
And your mother -- everything's fine
with her?
JEANNE:
Oh yes, she's... wonderful.
FLASH:
we see Jeanne's peasant MOTHER, sitting by thefire, sewing. Their home is little more than a hovel -- a
low, dark cave of a place, traversed by a huge beam.
PRIEST:
Good, good. And your sister...
Catherine -- she's still your best
friend?
JEANNE:
Oh yes, my sister's just... she's...
wonderful.
FLASH:
Jeanne's sister CATHERINE (18) sits near hermother, spinning wool.
PRIEST:
And what about your other friends...
you don't like playing with them?
JEANNE:
Oh yes, I play with them... lots...
FLASH:
Jeanne is battling against some reeds with awooden stick under a full noonday sun. Not far away, a
group of kids are in the shadow of a huge tree, playing.
One of them watches Jeanne in the distance.
KID #1
What's she doing?
KID #2
Playing.
Resume on the Priest.
PRIEST:
So... everything sounds...
wonderful?
JEANNE:
Yes, it is.
PRIEST:
Then... why are you here so often?
JEANNE:
I feel safe here. And it's where I
can talk to him.
PRIEST:
Him?
JEANNE:
Well, I try and talk to him, but
mostly he's the one who does the
talking.
PRIEST:
Who is this "he"?
JEANNE:
He never says his name.
PRIEST:
What... does he... look like?
FLASH:
a little boy of 8, sitting on a throne in aclearing in a wood.
JEANNE:
Beautiful.
PRIEST:
And what does he say to you?
FLASH:
the Boy points solemnly at us, but says nothing.JEANNE:
He says... he says I must be good...
and help everyone... and take care
of myself. Do you think he's coming
from the sky?
PRIEST:
Perhaps... but wherever he comes
from, I think you should listen to
him, because it sounds like he's
giving you very good advice.
The Priest smiles, and Jeanne beams back at him. He
blesses her...
PRIEST:
Ego te absolvo, in nomine Patris, et
Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, Amen.
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