Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) review

Distraught that her native France is constantly fighting with England, Joan of Arc (Lise Leplat Prudhomme as a child, Jeanne Voisin when a bit older) becomes committed to "killing war," headbangs to heavy metal music with her friend Hauviette (Lucile Gauthier and then Victoria Lefebvre), receives a visit from Madame Gervaise (Aline Charles and Elise Charles) and, years later, decides she's going to lead the troops.  As if the constant off-key singing isn't grating enough, the entire movie is shot at the same exact location with lots of sand and sheep wandering around, and it gives off the appearance of a recorded grade school musical (and therefore an endurance test for the audience).  It's based on two plays about the Saint by Charles Péguy, who was an agnostic that turned Catholic, but I don't think Dumont's quite as devout ... so that makes this feel not only disingenuous but something of a leg pull by an enigmatic wise-ass.