Directed by:
Robert BressonScreenplay:
Robert BressonCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Jean WienerCast:
Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Gilles Sandier, René PascalVOD (3)
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A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly. Through Bresson’s unconventional approach to composition, sound, and narrative, this simple story becomes a moving parable about purity and transcendence. (Criterion)
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Yes, for film students, this is definitely a bit of a treat. I'm almost certain that in about twenty, well, perhaps more like thirty years, I'll appreciate and recognize the depth of this film, but for now, it's just a good and tolerable film from an era and region that doesn't mean much to me. I don't see the brilliance of Bergman in it, so I was rather bored and didn't marvel at it. ()
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