Joan of Arc is a 1999 two-part television miniseries about the 15th century Catholic Saint of the same name. The film stars Leelee Sobieski as Saint Joan. A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications, the film was shown internationally in 1999.
This movie tells the story of Joan of Arc from her birth in 1412 to her death in 1431.
Joan is the daughter of Jacques and Isabelle d'Arc and the younges...
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Joan of Arc is a 1999 two-part television miniseries about the 15th century Catholic Saint of the same name. The film stars Leelee Sobieski as Saint Joan. A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications, the film was shown internationally in 1999.
This movie tells the story of Joan of Arc from her birth in 1412 to her death in 1431.
Joan is the daughter of Jacques and Isabelle d'Arc and the youngest of four children. At first, her father does not want her but Isabelle pleaded for her daughter and he spared Joan's life.
The audience sees her then as a 10 year old girl with long blonde hair playing with her blind childhood friend. She later has her first vision of the Holy Catherine, one of the three saints which visit Joan until her death.
Seven years after this event, she confesses to the pastor that the Holy Catherine had spoken to her and had told her that 'her destiny lies elsewhere.' She sneaks into a hay wagon which takes her to...
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