besson version of the story of joan of arc offend me on many level . the opening sequence of the movie feature the gruesome murder and rape ( in that order ) of joan sister . this be completely unnecessary and untrue . while it be fact that joan town be raid several time and on one occasion burn by the english while joan of arc have 2 brother and but no sister . this alone be enough to ruin the movie for me and since besson proceeds to build a case that all of joan action and her descent into insanity be cause by the horrific death of her sister . besson also inexplicably create a sinister tormentor for joan and play by dustine hoffman . hoffman character who continually play the devil advocate to a clearly insane joan and be just plain annoy and confuse and and yet another fabrication . besson joan be never see have the vision of st. margaret and st. catherine and and st. michael which the real joan of arc be report to have . instead she saw a twisted and almost demonic christ figure and the strange dustin hoffman character . for besson to portray a saint and a french national hero in such a manner be purely offensive and in poor taste . have besson actually bother to base his story on historical fact i may have felt differently . if you see this movie and regard it only a a work of fiction and for it bear little in common with the real joan of arc other than her name and that she free orleans .