Au Hasard Balthazar

Dir: Robert Bresson
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge
96mins   1966   France   Certificate: 12A   French    Subtitled   

Part of our Robert Bresson season
Introduced by Dr Martine Pierquin

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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Showtimes


Wed 23 September

17:45