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.
- 7.5
- 1966
- Released
- 1h 36m
Anne Wiazemsky
Marie
Walter Green
JacquesFrançois Lafarge
GérardJean-Claude Guilbert
ArnoldPhilippe Asselin
Marie's FatherPierre Klossowski
MerchantNathalie Joyaut
Marie's MotherMarie-Claire Fremont
Baker's WifeJean-Joël Barbier
The Priest
Released
fr
$39,388.00
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- #transcendence
- #purity
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- #animal cruelty
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- #abusive boyfriend
- #peasants
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