Jean-Louis Richard

"Joan the Maid: The Prisons,” the second part of Rivette’s diptych, brought leading lady Bonnaire a César Award nomination for her powerful performance, as she plays out windows in the final two years of Joan’s life, from the battlefield victory, to prison life, to the stake.

In occupied Paris, a Jewish theater owner goes into hiding in his cellar, ceding control of the theater to his gentile wife.