%% %% # 🎞 Brisson 1999, The Messenger꞉ The Story of Joan of Arc - **Witch or Messenger?** (22:00-23:10): Depicts the dual interpretation of Joan’s spirituality as divine inspiration vs demonic possession. - **Virginity Testing** (47:00-50:00): Portrays the close connection between spiritual and sexual purity in the middle ages. - **Joan the Warrior** (53:45-54:30 / 1:04:00-1:07:30): Pictures the magnificent Joan the Warrior. - **Trial and Cross Dressing** (2:21:15-2:26:30): Explore Joan's gender trouble through her refusal to wear women's clothes even in the face of death. ### Info - **Summary**: "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" (1999) narrates the life of Joan of Arc, a peasant girl who leads the French against the English during the Hundred Years' War after claiming divine inspiration. The film follows her ascent to military leadership, her capture, trial, and execution by the English. - **Director**: Luc Besson - **Genre**: Adventure, Biography, Drama - **IMDB**: [The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/)