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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Francois Lafarge Nathalie Joyaut Annie Wiazemsky Phillippe Asselin

Directors Robert Bresson

Screenwriters Robert Bresson

Running Time 95 minutes

Au Hasard, Balthasar (PG)

Plot
As he passes between various owners, a donkey named Balthazar is alternately adored and abused in a cycle which mirrors that experienced by Marie, the farmer's daughter who named him.

Verdict
If you can see past the heavy-handed religious overtones you will encounter an inspired and deeply intelligent Bresson classic.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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