Marella Santa Croce

I saw this movie In Arles on a beautiful summer's day: I thought it was enchanting, well realised, sumptuously filmed and the French spoken in eloquence and with care. I will remember forever, the power of the phrase 'c'est une bagatelle' as Jeanne asks questions about her forthcoming interview with the King and where she must focus her eyes as they meet face to face.. It's important to consider that Louis was widowed in the year that Jeanne appeared and that he felt beaten by life, his mistress had also gone from him: Depp expresses this deep fatigue well, even if it was his very own. When everyone stops shouting, stops venting their own spite, it will be wonderful for us all to appreciate the effort, resources, passion and kindness necessary in the creating of a film like this. We might even understand the word mercy.