Au Hasard Balthazar (Criterion Collection)

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	Anne Wiazemsky	Marie
	Walter Green	Jacques
	Francois Lafarge	Gérard
	Jean-Claude Guilbert	Arnold
	Philippe Asselin	Marie's Father
	Pierre Klossowski	Merchant
	Nathalie Joyaut	Marie's Mother
	Marie-Claire Fremont	Baker's Wife
	Jean-Joël Barbier	The Priest
	Guy Renault
	Jean Remignard	Notary
	Guy Brejac	Veterinarian
	Mylène Van der Mersch	Nurse
	Jacques Sorbets	Police Officer
	Francois Sullerot	Baker
	Henri Fraisse
	Gilles Sandier
	Dominique Moune
	Tord Paag	Louis
	René Pascal
	Pascale Savornin
	Isabelle Petit
	Roger Fjellstrom	Gérard's Friend
	Isabelle de Winter
	Sven Frostenson	Gérard's Friend

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Director	Robert Bresson
Writer	Robert Bresson
Producer	Mag Bodard
Musician	Jean Wiener
Photography	Ghislain Cloquet

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Bought with Beth on our 30th anniversary at B&H 50% off sale


A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar 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 humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly. Through Bresson’s unconventional approach to composition, sound, and narrative, this simple story becomes a moving parable about purity and transcendence.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview from 2004 with film scholar Donald Richie
“Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson,” a 1966 French television program about the film, featuring director Robert Bresson, filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and Louis Malle, and members of Au hasard Balthazar’s cast and crew
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Plus: An essay by film scholar James Quandt

Cover by Sarah Habibi

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