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Au Hasard Balthazar

Au Hasard Balthazar

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Summary

Christian parable about the contrasting sides of human nature. A new-born donkey is adopted as a pet by two children living in a rural French town and named Balthazar. But the donkey is subjected to ill-treatment by a succession of later owners.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

This extraordinary film by director Robert Bresson tells the story of a donkey named Balthazar, who is, at various times, an adored children's playmate, a circus performer and a harsh mill owner's slave. Finally, and fatefully, he carries smugglers' contraband over the mountains. The film is clearly a religious parable, with the donkey - like Jesus - taking the sins of the world upon his back. It is also one of the great masterpieces of world cinema: austere, warm, grim, surreal, shocking and heartbreaking.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameMarieAnne WiazemskyGérardFrançois LafargeMarie's fatherPhilippe AsselinMarie's motherNathalie JoyautJacquesWalter GreenArnold, the trampJean-Claude GuilbertCorn merchantPierre KlossowskiNotaryJean RémignardCapt of gendarmerieJacques SorbetsLouisTord PaagBakerFrançois SullerotBaker's wifeM C Frémont

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rolenameDirectorRobert Bresson

Details

Languages

Latin | French

Guidance

Some swearing

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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