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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3758
- IMDb #3684
- Rotten Tomatoes #4004
- Metacritic #3168
- Letterboxd #3294
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4635
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3511
- Metacritic Critics #3016
- Metacritic Audience #3286
- Kinopoisk #1798
- AlloCiné #3328
- Trakt #3592
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 32, highest is Google on 82. Critics average 43, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young French peasant girl is visited by powerful spiritual visions during the Hundred Years' War. Believing herself chosen by God, she persuades a reluctant Dauphin to grant her armor and command of his army. She leads French forces to miraculous victories against the English, her unwavering faith and military successes creating a legend while drawing scrutiny from those who question the divine nature of her mission.
Details
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Writers
- Andrew Birkin, Luc Besson
- Studio
- Gaumont
- Released
- 27 October 1999
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $85.0M
- Box office
- $67.0M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →3 wins from 13 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Best Costume Design 2000 | — | Catherine Leterrier | Winner |
| Best Director 2000 | — | Luc Besson | Nominee |
| Best Editing 2000 | — | Sylvie Landra | Nominee |
| Best Film 2000 | — | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Nominee |
| Best Music 2000 | — | Éric Serra | Nominee |
| Best Photography 2000 | — | Thierry Arbogast | Nominee |
| Best Production Design 2000 | — | Hugues Tissandier | Nominee |
| Best Sound 2000 | — | François Groult, Bruno Tarriere, Vincent Tulli | Winner |
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13 awards — The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
×| — | Catherine Leterrier | Winner |
| — | Catherine Leterrier | Nominee |
| — | François Groult, Bruno Tarriere, Vincent Tulli | Winner |
| — | Sound production team | Winner |
| — | Hugues Tissandier | Nominee |
| — | Hugues Tissandier | Nominee |
| — | Luc Besson | Nominee |
| — | Sylvie Landra | Nominee |
| — | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Nominee |
| — | Éric Serra | Nominee |
| — | Thierry Arbogast | Nominee |
| — | Imaginary Forces | Nominee |
| — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |