Bring Down The Walls
Artist Phil Collins uses house music to combat the racially motivated, overcrowded American prison system.
88'
USA
IFFR 2020
15th-century heroine Jeanne d'Arc's story is often adapted, but never quite so eccentrically and experimentally as by Bruno Dumont. In Jeannette, Dumont already showed her youth and her heavenly calling. This sequel, again inspired by the work of Catholic poet Charles Péguy, focuses on the end of her life. After leading a French army to victory during the Hundred Years' War, she is tried for heresy.
Dumont's minimalist story doesn't revolve around historical facts, but provides access to Jeanne's mind. The French national heroine, who was 19 when she was burnt at the stake, is played by 12-year-old Lise Leplat Prudhomme, the younger of the two actresses who played the title role in Jeannette. This ups the contrast between Jeanne d'Arc's child-like innocence and the strictness of the group of old men judging her.
IFFR 2020
- 138'
- France
- 2019
- Director
- Bruno Dumont
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 138'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Joan of Arc
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, Muriel Merlin
- Production Company
- 3B Productions
- Sales
- Luxbox
- Screenplay
- Bruno Dumont
- Cinematography
- David Chambille
- Editor
- Bruno Dumont, Basile Belkhiri
- Sound Design
- Philippe Lecoeur
- Music
- Christophe
- Cast
- Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jean-François Causeret, Daniel Dienne, Fabien Fenet, Fabrice Luchini, Robert Hanicotte, Yves Habert
- Local Distributor
- Contact Film
- Director
- Bruno Dumont
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 138'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Joan of Arc
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, Muriel Merlin
- Production Company
- 3B Productions
- Sales
- Luxbox
- Screenplay
- Bruno Dumont
- Cinematography
- David Chambille
- Editor
- Bruno Dumont, Basile Belkhiri
- Sound Design
- Philippe Lecoeur
- Music
- Christophe
- Cast
- Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jean-François Causeret, Daniel Dienne, Fabien Fenet, Fabrice Luchini, Robert Hanicotte, Yves Habert
- Local Distributor
- Contact Film
Programme IFFR 2020
Signatures
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
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103'
Italy
IFFR 2020
Les enfants d'Isadora
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children.
84'
France
IFFR 2020