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)
(more)Cast
Anne Wiazemsky
West Germany
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Teorema (1968)
La Chinoise (1967)
Walter Green
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
François Lafarge
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Jean-Claude Guilbert
Best movies:
Mouchette (1967)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Week-End (1967)
Gilles Sandier
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
A Gentle Woman (1969)
René Pascal
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Golden Marie (1952)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)