A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications, it was shown internationally in 1999.

During her youth, she often witnesses the horrors inflicted by both the English and French forces, and when 11 years old she starts hearing divine voices.

Her spirit is kept high by the legend of the "Maiden of Lorraine", which states that a young woman, guided by God, will unite France and end the war.

Starving and alone, she finds refuge with a sympathetic nun, who helps her unite the people of Vaucoleurs and build defenses against the English and their Burgundian allies.

The lord of Vaucouleurs finally accepts Joan's claims and gives her an escort, a suit of armor, and an introduction to Charles and his court.