Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Release Date: 1966-05-25
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Company: Argos films
Production Country: France, Sweden
Director: Robert Bresson

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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