Au hasard Balthazar = Balthazar / Janus Films ; Argos Films, Parc Film, Athos Films ; Institut Suédois du Film; Svensk Filmindustri présentent ; de Robert Bresson ; producteur délégué, Mag Bodard.

"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 man. But despite his powerlessness, he acc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Argos Films
Janus Films
Parc Film (Firm)
Athos Films
Svenska filminstitutet
Svensk filmindustri
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Bresson, Robert
Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019
Wiazemsky, Anne
Lafarge, François
Asselin, Philippe
Joyaut, Nathalie
Green, Walter
Richie, Donald, 1924-2013
Quandt, James, 1956-
Language:French
English
Language of the Original:
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Edition:Widescreen format (1.66:1).
Series:Criterion collection ; 297.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Donkeys > France > Drama.
Animal welfare > France > Drama.
Domestic ass owners > France > Drama.
Abused women > France > Drama.
Human-animal relationships > Drama.
Abused women.
Animal welfare.
Domestic ass owners.
Donkeys.
Human-animal relationships.
France.
Ânes > Drame.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > France.
Foreign language films > French.
French language films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Foreign language films
French language films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unpaged : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Variant Title:
Balthazar.
Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"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 man. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly." -- Container.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CM6 D0050647 VideoDVD
Awards:Winner, OCIC Award (Robert Bresson), 1966 Venice Film Festival ; Winner (Tie), Critics Award - Best Film (Robert Bresson), 1967 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics.
ISBN:0780030079
9780780030077
Credits:Directeur de la photographie [= Director of photography], Ghislain Cloquet ; chef monteur [= chief editor], Raymond Lamy ; jazz et chansons de [= jazz and songs by] Jean Wiener.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono ; enhanced for 16:9 televisions ; high-definition digital transfer.
Cast:
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Jean-Joël Barbier, Jean Rémingnard, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowsky, Marie-Claire Frémont, Guy Renault, Guy Brejac.