Johanna
Joan- Director
- Kornél Mundruczó
- Country
- Hungary
- Year
- 2005
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- kornél Mundruczó / Yvette Biro
- Cast
- Orsolya Tóth / Zsolt Trill / Dénes Gulyás / Ildikó Cserna / Istvan Gantner
- Production
- Proton Cinema
Storyline
Johanna is a modern version of the life of Joan of Arc. Based on a contemporary opera, the story opens on a terrible bus accident which shatters the life of Johanna. At the hospital, the frail blond heroin is pronounced dead but the doctors eventually manage to bring her back to life, which leads her to have a revelation while walking around the hospital under the dazzling white light. She becomes a blessing to the other patients but cuts much wind out of the doctors’ sails; thus, although she is a living miracle, she sometimes seems an angel, and sometimes a devil.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Festival de Cannes 2005
Un Certain Regard (selection)
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2014
Easter Promises Section
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2006
Call number 12/2005
Media support 61.500 €
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2008
Call number 27/2007
Media support 55.823 €
Distribution territories:
Bulgaria / Denmark / Portugal / Sweden / United Kingdom / Belgium / Ireland (Eire) / Poland
