AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY] (BILINGUAL) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin, Pierre Klossowski, Nathalie Joyaut, Marie-Claire Frémont, Jean-Joël Barbier, Jean Rémignard, Jacques Sorbets, François Sullerot, Tord Pååg, René Pascal, Robert Bresson, Mag Bodard, Ghislain Cloquet, Raymond Lamy, Jean Wiener, Antoine Archimbaud, Jacques Carrère
• Director: Robert Bresson
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Argos films, Parc Film, Athos Films, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Swedish Film Institute, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie