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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.
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25/05/1966
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Anne Wiazemsky
Marie
Walter Green
Jacques
François Lafarge
Gérard
Jean-Claude Guilbert
Arnold
Philippe Asselin
Marie's Father
Pierre Klossowski
Merchant
Nathalie Joyaut
Marie's Mother
Marie-Claire Fremont
Baker's Wife
Jean-Joël Barbier
The Priest
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Devastating. Crazy to see Adele Exarchopoulos so young. You'll never hear the sound of a donkey braying the same way again
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The novice actor Anne Wiazemsky is really effective as "Marie", a young woman who has shared most of her life with her donkey "Baltahzar". Initially her childhood pet, this creature has spent much of his life as the victim of inhumane treatment at the hands of subsequent owners - including her rather wretched boyfriend "Gérard" (François Lafarge) - that in may ways mirrors her own mistreatment and unhappiness. Unlike the human beings, though, "Balthazar" cannot communicate his feelings - he must quite literally just grin and bear it as he is used as a beast of burden, exposed to all weathers a…
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