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Au hasard Balthazar Balthazar / [videorecording] = Balthazar Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar Argos Films ; produced by Mag Bodard ; written and directed by Robert Bresson. - [Chicago, IL] : [Chatsworth, CA] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2005] - 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection ; 297 . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 297. .

Title from the disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Special features: New restored high-definition digital transfer; video interview with film scholar Donald Richie; "Un metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson", a 1966 French TV program about the film featuring Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, and members of Au hasard Balthazar's cast and crew; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by Bresson scholar James Quandt.

Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener. Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener.

Anne Wiazemsky, Franðcois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green.

Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.


DVD.


French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

ISBN: 0780030079 9780780030077

Standard No.: 037429207420

Publisher. No.: HAS010 Homevision

Source: Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Donkeys--Drama.
Human-animal relationships--Drama.
Animal welfare--Drama.

Subjects--Index Terms: ãAnes Drame

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
French films.

LC Class. No.: CM DVD 00433

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72