AU HASARD BALTHAZAR
synopsis
This is the story of a donkey and the somewhat difficult life it leads. During a summer holiday, the baby donkey is a child's pet but when they return home, it begins it's life of misery. It works as a farm animal, pulling a delivery cart and working as any manner as various owners require of it. Meanwhile, the young girl who first acquired Balthazar as a pet grows up, only to be badly treated herself by an indifferent and selfish boyfriend.
international title: | Au hasard Balthazar |
original title: | Au hasard Balthazar |
country: | France, Sweden |
year: | 1966 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robert Bresson |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | FR 15/05/1966, DE 23/05/1966, IT 03/09/1966, UK 10/1966, DK 20/01/1967, FI 15/09/1967, SE 06/11/1967, PT 26/11/1972, ES 30/12/1973, AT 31/10/2009 |
screenplay: | Robert Bresson |
cast: | Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge |
cinematography by: | Ghislain Cloquet |
film editing: | Raymond Lamy |
art director: | Pierre Charbonnier |
producer: | Mag Bodard |