Au Hasard Balthazar
7.7
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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Cast
9 people
Anne Wiazemsky
Marie
Known for
La Chinoise
Theorem
Walter Green
Jacques
Also in
Nathalie
François Lafarge
Gérard
Also in
Effraction
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jean-Claude Guilbert
Arnold
Known for
Mouchette
Philippe Asselin
Marie's Father
No other roles listed
Pierre Klossowski
Merchant
Also in
Roberte
Un film sur quelqu'un
Nathalie Joyaut
Marie's Mother
No other roles listed
Marie-Claire Fremont
Baker's Wife
No other roles listed
Jean-Joël Barbier
The Priest
No other roles listed
Robert Bresson Director · Jean Wiener Composer Ghislain Cloquet Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $39K · United States release October 17, 2003 · Produced in France, Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$39,388
Production
Argos films
Production
Parc Film
Production
SF Studios
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Svensk Filmindustri
Production
France · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Latin
Release dates
France · May 15, 1966
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · May 25, 1966
Theatrical
United States · October 17, 2003
Theatrical
United States · May 29, 2018
Physical · Blu-ray+DVD
United States
September 16, 1966 · Premiere · New York City, New York
February 19, 1970 · Premiere · New York City, New York
April 2, 2005 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival
Argentina
November 13, 1998 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
September 4, 1969 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
January 3, 2018 · Physical · DVD
Austria
October 31, 2009 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Canada
July 5, 2005 · Physical · DVD
May 29, 2018 · Physical · Blu-ray
China
June 15, 2019 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival（4K）
September 17, 2023 · Premiere · Capital Cinema · French Film Festival
Denmark
January 20, 1967 · Theatrical
Finland
September 15, 1967 · Theatrical
France
November 4, 2015 · Theatrical · re-release, restored version
March 3, 2020 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 2, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray
Greece
September 7, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Re-issue
Hong Kong SAR China
November 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Israel
April 29, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Italy
September 3, 1966 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
March 24, 1972 · Theatrical
July 2, 2015 · Premiere · Il Cinema Ritrovato, restored version
Japan
October 13, 1966 · Premiere · 4e Festival du Film Français
May 2, 1970 · Theatrical
June 3, 1995 · Theatrical · re-release
June 30, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
Netherlands
December 17, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Poland
January 16, 2023 · TV
Portugal
November 26, 1972 · Premiere · Lisboa, Quinzena do Filme Francês
July 12, 1974 · Theatrical
October 26, 1975 · Premiere · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
Russia
February 22, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of the producer Anatole Dauman (Moscow)
Spain
April 23, 1967 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
December 30, 1973 · TV
December 13, 2016 · Physical · Blu-ray
Sweden
November 6, 1967 · Theatrical
Thailand
January 27, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Doc Club and Pub
United Kingdom
October 1, 1966 · Theatrical
August 26, 2013 · Physical · DVD
April 29, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Uruguay
April 26, 1979 · Premiere · Cinemateca Uruguaya
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