Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Directed by Robert Bresson · 96 min · Drama
57.8 TOPICAL score · #1,412 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, directed by Robert Bresson) has a TOPICAL score of 57.8 - ranked 1,412 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (531 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (531 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read10,499 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert