Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Name: Au Hasard Balthazar
Genre: Drama
Released: 1966-05-25
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin

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.

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Released 1966-05-25 · 96 min · Drama

Directed by Robert Bresson

Cast

Anne Wiazemsky as Marie
Walter Green as Jacques
François Lafarge as Gérard
Jean-Claude Guilbert as Arnold
Philippe Asselin as Marie's Father
Pierre Klossowski as Merchant
Nathalie Joyaut as Marie's Mother
Marie-Claire Fremont as Baker's Wife
Jean-Joël Barbier as The Priest