God does not foresake forever. He may punish, yet he will have compassion.
No 348 - Au Hasard Balthazar Director - Robert Bresson Donkeys are hardly the most iconic of animals. Besides their religious undertones, all I can think of is that Pinocchio almost turns into one . It is not an animal which really inspires much excitement. Unfortunately this film doesn't change my view. We follow the life of a donkey, called Balthazar and how he affects the lives of people around them. Namely the following 4 characters: Gerard (Francois Lafarge ) - A big motorbiking bully of a man. Marie (Anne Wiazemsky ) - Who loves Gerard Pierre (Walter Green) - Who loves Marie Arnold (Jean-Claude Guilbert) - The town drunk The film itself seems to look at two things. Cruelty and love. There are a lot of one way relationships in this film and a lot of scenes of abuse. Mainly, it seems, on Balthazar. Arnold seems to personally take offense to the donkey and see him as a factor for his downfall whereas Gerard is just a bastard. As I watched the film I couldn't help put take ...