Au hasard Balthazar
3,649
Drama
Au Hasard Balthazar presents an unfettered view of human cruelty, suffering and injustice, filtered through the eyes of a donkey over the course of his long life. The burro at the film's center begins life peacefully and happily, as the unnamed play-object of some innocent children in bucolic France, but his circumstances change dramatically when he becomes the property of a young woman named Marie - who christens him Balthazar. As she ... [+]
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"This great film, made with uncompromising honesty and devastating reality, is, according to Jean-Luc Godard, 'the world in an hour and a half.'" | ||||
"Not an image or sound is wasted and from such seeming simplicity there arises a world of feeling" | ||||
"Perhaps the greatest and most revolutionary of Bresson's films, Balthazar is a difficult but transcendently rewarding experience, never to be missed." | ||||
"The finest, most deeply personal work of a filmmaker who has been compared, justifiably, to both Dostoyevsky and Bach" | ||||
"Bresson suggests that we are all Balthazars. Despite our dreams, hopes and best plans, the world will eventually do with us whatever it does" | ||||
"If you can see past the heavy-handed religious overtones you will encounter an inspired and deeply intelligent Bresson classic." | ||||
"No film I have ever seen has come so close to convulsing my entire being as has Au Hasard Balthazar." | ||||
"This is neither an easy film, nor, in the show biz sense, an entertaining one. It makes large demands upon its audience, and in return confers exceptional rewards." |
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