Au hasard Balthazar

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Au hasard Balthazar is a 1966 French art-house drama film by Robert Bresson that follows the life and suffering of a donkey as a spiritual allegory of human cruelty and grace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
art-house film
film
cinematographyBy Ghislain Cloquet NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception acclaimed by film critics
director Robert Bresson NERFINISHED
distributor Athos Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Raymonde Guyot NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Balthazar the donkey
filmFormat black-and-white
follows life of a donkey
genre art film
drama
spiritual allegory
hasDonkeyProtagonist Balthazar NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeStructure episodic
influenced later spiritual and art-house filmmakers
movement French art cinema
spiritual cinema
musicBy Franz Schubert NERFINISHED
notableFor elliptical narrative
minimalist style
non-professional actors
spiritual symbolism
originalLanguage French
portrays abuse of animals
abuse of women
rural poverty
sin and redemption
producer Mag Bodard NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1966
recognizedAs masterpiece of world cinema
one of Robert Bresson’s major works
runtime approximately 95 minutes
screenwriter Robert Bresson NERFINISHED
setInPeriod rural 20th-century France
stars Anne Wiazemsky NERFINISHED
François Lafarge NERFINISHED
Nathalie Joyaut NERFINISHED
Philippe Asselin NERFINISHED
symbolism Christian imagery
martyrdom of the innocent
theme grace
human cruelty
redemption
religion
suffering
usesMusic Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959 NERFINISHED

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Anne Wiazemsky notableWork Au hasard Balthazar
French cinema notableFilm Au hasard Balthazar
this entity surface form: Au Hasard Balthazar
Les Baux family hasMotto Au hasard Balthazar