Au Hasard Balthazar

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.

Director: Robert Bresson

Cast

Anne Wiazemsky

Marie

W

Walter Green

Jacques

F

François Lafarge

Gérard

J

Jean-Claude Guilbert

Arnold

P

Philippe Asselin

Marie's Father

P

Pierre Klossowski

Merchant

N

Nathalie Joyaut

Marie's Mother

M

Marie-Claire Fremont

Baker's Wife