kornel mundruczo johanna be a cinematic mess and full of sound and fury and or signify nothing . with it garish ( green ) colour and flare image and a mediocre score and lame libretto and the film be well below par . it would be generous to say this film look more like a bloated and experimental undergraduate student film from the 1970 . set aside film such a ingmar bergman acclaim the magic flute ( 1975 ) and joseph losey version of mozart don giovanni ( 1979 ) and carlos saura flamenco carmen ( 1983 ) and and francesco rosi 1984 production of the same material and lead by a cast of international opera star and a be too mainstream and conventional . mundruczo johanna and supposedly a retelling of the story of joan of arc and be lurid and dimwitted . it be the sort of film to which the jaded cinematic cognoscenti ascribe all manner of praise for it director brave vision and deep meaning and but do not be fool . i watch the entire film and but i would suggest that you do not . you will be check your watch after ten minute and think an hour have pass and wonder if your time would be good spent do something else . it would .