Au Hasard Balthazar

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Anne Wiazemsky Marie

Walter Green Jacques

François Lafarge Gérard

Jean-Claude Guilbert Arnold

Philippe Asselin Marie's Father