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Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Drama
Release Date: 1966, May 25
Directors: Robert Bresson
Countries: France, Sweden
Production: Argos films, Argos films, Parc Film, SF Studios, Parc Film, Svenska Filminstitutet, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
Cast: Pierre Klossowski, Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Walter Green, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Marie-Claire Fremont, Jean-Joël Barbier

Overview:

The story of a 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.

Keywords:

suicide animal cruelty gang leader donkey black and white rape cruelty pride countryside youth gang abusive boyfriend transcendence misery peasants riding a donkey purity burden beast of burden