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Au Hasard Balthazar
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Title: Au Hasard Balthazar

Release Date: 25 May 1966

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Drama

Director: Argos Films, Parc Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet

Production Companies: Argos Films, Parc Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.58 (454 votes)

Cast

  • Marie: Anne Wiazemsky
  • Jacques: Walter Green
  • Gérard: François Lafarge
  • Arnold: Jean-Claude Guilbert
  • Marie's Father: Philippe Asselin
  • Merchant: Pierre Klossowski
  • Marie's Mother: Nathalie Joyaut
  • Baker's Wife: Marie-Claire Fremont
  • The Priest: Jean-Joël Barbier
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