Au Hasard Balthazar

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bresson, Robert, film director.

Kanopy (Firm)

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Donkeys--Drama.

Donkeys.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 95 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014

System Details:

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, director 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 man. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly. Through Bresson's unconventional approach to composition, sound, and narrative, this seemingly simple story becomes a moving parable of purity and transcendence

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1966

OCLC:

897772584

Publisher Number:

1113469 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license