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Lise Leplat Prudhomme excels in her second outing as the Maid of Orleans, says MARIA DUARTE
Lise Leplat Prudhomme as Joan of Arc
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
Joan of Arc
Directed by Bruno Dumont
WHAT is it about Joan of Arc that instils such passion and obsession?
Hollywood legend Ingrid Bergman, apparently obsessed with “the Maid of Orleans,” played her both on stage and screen twice, while French film-maker Bruno Dumont returns with this, a sequel to Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc – which explored Joan at the age of eight through song and music.
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