What is The Passion of Joan of Arc's IQ Score?

The Passion of Joan of Arc has an IQ Score of 170/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 44/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Passion of Joan of Arc educational?

The Passion of Joan of Arc is strong on Educational Value, 40/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

The Passion of Joan of Arc IQ Score 170/200

The Passion of Joan of Arc has an IQ Score of 170/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-21·Methodology

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170/ 200

Masterclass

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

Score Breakdown

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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The Verdict

Best forAdventurous viewers open to silent film and acting carried entirely in close-up

Skip ifA 1928 silent trial drama demands complete attention; nothing here eases you in

Use it asA study of Falconetti's face doing the entire dramatic work of a film

Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,607 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

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The TVI Take

Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film about the trial and execution of Joan of Arc, anchored by Renée Jeanne Falconetti in her only major screen role. The structural commitment to letting close-up cinematography render the entire dramatic material (the film is largely composed of facial close-ups) is canonical silent-cinema discipline.

Widely cited as one of the medium's most-canonical single films.

People & Production Carl Theodor Dreyer · France 19 connections