Jeannette

  • 115'
  • France
  • 2017

What to expect when Bruno Dumont decides to make a musical about Joan of Arc's childhood and teenage years? Well, anything. In 1425, Jeannette is not Joan of Arc yet but is waiting for her destiny. Dumont took inspiration from Charles Peguy, an early 20th-century French anti-modernist writer who dedicated lyrical and poetic texts to the Maid of Orleans. But the words clash here with an electro-heavy-metal-pop soundtrack and choreography by Philippe Decouflé.

It’s Joan of Arc for headbangers and rappers, so do not expect some La La Land smoothie as Dumont uses non-professional actors or singers as usual. It’s a deliberately punk effort which manages to touch the mystery of the future warrior and her visions in modern terms: the fragile, touching performance of main actress Lise Leplat Prudhomme as Joan and the trance-like noisy music stick the film perfectly between heaven and earth.

  • 115'
  • France
  • 2017
Director
Bruno Dumont
Country of production
France
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
115'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc
Language
French
Producers
Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchared, Muriel Merlin
Production Company
Taos Films
Sales
Luxbox
Screenplay
Bruno Dumont
Cinematography
Guillaume Deffontaines
Editor
Bruno Dumont, Basile Belkhiri
Production Design
Cédric Ettouati
Sound Design
Philippe Lecoeur
Music
Igorrr
Cast
Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, Aline Charles, Victoria Lefebvre, Elise Charles, Nicolas Leclaire
Local Distributor
Contact Film
Website
http://www.brunodumont.com
Director
Bruno Dumont
Country of production
France
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
115'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc
Language
French
Producers
Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchared, Muriel Merlin
Production Company
Taos Films
Sales
Luxbox
Screenplay
Bruno Dumont
Cinematography
Guillaume Deffontaines
Editor
Bruno Dumont, Basile Belkhiri
Production Design
Cédric Ettouati
Sound Design
Philippe Lecoeur
Music
Igorrr
Cast
Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, Aline Charles, Victoria Lefebvre, Elise Charles, Nicolas Leclaire
Local Distributor
Contact Film
Website
http://www.brunodumont.com