France, 1431.
The trial and final days of Joan of Ark imprisoned in Rouen by the English Crown and tried by a tribunal of French judges and clerics.
Faced with the mounting pressure from the English Lords and the cunning of some members of his entourage, Bishop Cauchon, must rely solely on himself digging deep within to find the divine spark to light up the proper course of actions to take in order to reconcile both his own truth-aspiring conscience and greed motivated submission to the English power.