![Au Hasard Balthazar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jcFxAppupS7KMjzLZZgKYLFnjpp.jpg)
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.
Title | Au Hasard Balthazar |
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Year | 1966 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | France, Sweden |
Studio | Argos Films, Parc Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet |
Cast | Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin, Pierre Klossowski |
Crew | Robert Bresson (Writer), Robert Bresson (Director), Mag Bodard (Producer), Ghislain Cloquet (Director of Photography), Raymond Lamy (Editor), Pierre Charbonnier (Production Design) |
Keyword | suicide, rape, countryside, misery, donkey, gang leader, youth gang, cruelty, burden, beast of burden, transcendence, purity, pride, animal cruelty, riding a donkey, abusive boyfriend, peasants |
Release | May 25, 1966 |
Runtime | 96 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.60 / 10 by 430 users |
Popularity | 15 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 39,388 |
Language | Français, Latin |