The Blood-Red Heart of Johanna Darke
In 1940, Johanna Darke, a novice from a convent in Quebec, arrives in Paris to study architecture, with the desire to design and build a church. Soon after the Nazi occupation of Paris, Johanna becomes involved as a messenger for the Resistance. She is betrayed, arrested by the Gestapo and subsequently vanishes. It is presumed she was executed. No further trace of Johanna exists. Johanna is a passive/aggressive anti-heroine in the mythology of patriotism, a female equivalent to the alienated character of Mersault in Albert Camus' "L'Ă©tranger".
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 2006
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
In 1940, Johanna Darke, a novice from a convent in Quebec, arrives in Paris to study architecture, with the desire to design and build a church. Soon after the Nazi occupation of Paris, Johanna becomes involved as a messenger for the Resistance. She is betrayed, arrested by the Gestapo and subsequently vanishes. It is presumed she was executed. No further trace of Johanna exists. Johanna is a passive/aggressive anti-heroine in the mythology of patriotism, a female equivalent to the alienated character of Mersault in Albert Camus' "L'Ă©tranger".
Top credits
- Adrienne Le Coutour — Johanna Darke
- Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay — Etienne, Pierrot
- Anna-Lena Johanssson Levérrier — Evil Nun
- Rachelle Puryear — Maqui 1