Au Hasard Balthazar

Venerated master director Robert Bresson’s celebrated chef d’oeuvre Au Hasard Balthazar is the seemingly simple yet profoundly moving tale of a donkey in rural France. Passed from one owner to the next, treated in turn gently and harshly, Balthazar inhabits a world beyond his control. But through his silence and powerlessness – as well as Bresson’s masterly touch – his trajectory becomes a stirring, transcendental allegory of purity and hope, ultimately echoing the life of Jesus Christ. A film truly unlike any other, this deeply affecting and ravishingly realized piece of cinematic genius has rightly taken its place in the pantheon of greatest films ever made. Here, lavishly restored and re-packaged, it is re-released for a new generation to discover its depths, charms and heartfelt wonder at life.

Drama • 1hr 31min

6.8