# The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

> A visionary teenage heroine enters a ravaged medieval France and becomes the contested emblem of resistance against English occupation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5166

## Facts

- Runtime: 158 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action, History, War
- Director: Luc Besson
- Cast: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Richard Ridings
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: intense, grandiose, solemn, historical film marathon, epic cinema night

## Movies like The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

- [The Affair of the Necklace (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/11537)
- [The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)](https://ember.film/movie/625)
- [Les Misérables (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/2546)
- [Henry V (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/5768)
- [Andrei Rublev (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/739)
- [The Reckoning (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/15426)
- [Medieval (2022)](https://ember.film/movie/248656)
- [Kingdom of Heaven (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/989)
- [The Trial of Joan of Arc (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/32694)
- [Pope Joan (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/4685)

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