| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 297 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 297.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono., widescreen, enhanced for 16:9 televisions. |
| Language |
In French, with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Program notes on container insert include an essay by Bresson scholar James Quandt. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Special features: Donald Richie on Balthazar (video interview with film scholar Donald Richie, 2004, 14 min.); "Un metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson" (French television documentary about the film, 1966, 62 min.); original theatrical trailer. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; chief editor, Raymond Lamy ; jazz and songs by Jean Wiener. |
| Cast |
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Jean-Joël Barbier, Jean Rémingnard, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowsky, Marie-Claire Frémont, Guy Renault, Guy Brejac. |
| Summary |
"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."--Container. |
| Subject |
Donkeys -- Drama.
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Animal welfare -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert.
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Bodard, Mag, 1916-
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Wiazemsky, Anne.
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Lafarge, François.
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Asselin, Philippe.
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Joyaut, Nathalie.
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Green, Walter.
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013.
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Quandt, James, 1956-
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Argos Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Balthazar |
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Au hasard Balthazar |
| Note |
Title on container: Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar |
| Added Title |
Metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson.
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| ISBN |
0780030079 |
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9780780030077 |
| Standard No. |
037429207420 |
| Music No. |
HAS010 Criterion Collection |
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