Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Celebrating 55 years since its release in 1966, Au Hasard
Balthazar is considered by many to be one of the greatest films
of all time, and yes, we’ve been long overdue to tackle a film
from the one and only Robert Bresson, whose work has influenced
filmmakers of all stripes for over half a century. The film stars
Anne Wiazemsky a young French woman who develops a striking bond
with a donkey she’s known since its birth, and we see a
chronicling of her hardships as they parallel the inhumane
treatment of Balthazar, a creature representing innocence in its
rawest form.


MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: Franz Shubert’s
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959, as heard in Au Hasard
Balthazar.


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