Nitrate Flames(2015)

What ever happened to Dreyer's Joan of Arc?

Nitrate Flames traces the extraordinary life of French actress Maria Falconetti, from her celebrated career in 1920s Paris to her final years in Buenos Aires during the late 1940s. The film explores how a single transformative role—one so powerful it defined her entire legacy—became both her greatest triumph and her undoing. Directed by a filmmaker obsessed with capturing her genius, Falconetti's journey reveals the cost of creating art so sublime that it overshadows everything that follows. This is a portrait of an actress caught between the brilliance of one unforgettable performance and the struggle to escape its shadow, set against the backdrop of cinema's golden age and its aftermath.