AU HASARD BALTHAZAR
Special Features: 60th Anniversary
When mining the annals of cinema for bleakness, Robert Bresson’s original donkey-starring spiritual allegory AU HASARD BALTHAZAR is top of mind. Born in the French Pyrenees and dubbed “Balthazar” by three children, a young donkey is thrown into a life of successive labors and abuses at the hands of different owners, periodically enjoying moments of love and tenderness in the hands of Marie (Anne Wiazemsky), a young woman whose path crisscrosses several times with Balthazar’s, and whose own troubles in life parallel those of this soulful spirit animal. Writing for the New York Times, critic Manohla Dargis called AU HASARD BALTHAZAR “one of the greatest films in history” and said that it “stirs the heart and soul as much as the mind." DIR/SCR Robert Bresson; PROD Mag Bodard. France/Sweden, 1966, b&w, 95 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Genre: Drama
