The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
- Year : 1999
- Country : France
- Genre : Adventure, Drama, Action, History, War
- Studio : Gaumont
- Keyword : rape, france, politics, necrophilia, siege, biography, hundred years' war, orléans, burned alive, heroine, burned at the stake, joan of arc, dauphin, 15th century, charles vii, religious conviction, anachronistic, trebuchet, jeanne d'arc
- Director : Luc Besson
- Cast : Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel