Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Often praised as one of the greatest films ever made, but long unavailable in the United States, AU HASARD BALTHAZAR is suffused with the same religious imagery and themes that mark much of director Robert Bresson's films. Like his masterpiece DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, Bresson's AU HASARD BALTHAZAR combines religious allegory with a naturalistic, austere, and minimalist aesthetic style that matches his ascetic themes. The film tells the story of Marie, an unlucky farm girl, and her beloved donkey Balthazar. As Marie grows up, the pair become separated, but the film traces both their fates as they continue to live a parallel existence. Marie and Balthazar become martyrs, eventually taking the sins of others upon their own heads and finding transcendence in the process. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR is like Bresson's other works in that it seamlessly combines the naturalistic and the spiritual.

"[A] masterpiece..." - Chris, Chang (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 07/01/2005

"[A] remarkably compressed tragedy..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 09/01/2005

"Human frailty as seen through the eyes of a noble donkey, and France's Robert Bresson makes you believe every second of it." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 06/24/2005

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Product Title:	Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version) Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version) Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version) Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version) Au Hasard Balthazar ( Single Disc Special Edition ) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Anne Wiazemsky (Actor) | Philippe Asselin (Actor) Anne Wiazemsky (Actor) | Philippe Asselin (Actor) Anne Wiazemsky (Actor) | Philippe Asselin (Actor) Anne Wiazemsky (Actor) | Philippe Asselin (Actor) Anne Wiazemsky (Actor) | Philippe Asselin (Actor)
Director:	Robert Bresson Robert Bresson Robert Bresson Ｒｏｂｅｒｔ Ｂｒｅｓｓｏｎ Robert Bresson
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Release Date:	2005-06-14
UPC Code:	037429207420
Language:	French
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	France
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Home Vision
Package Weight:	113 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004460845

Director: Robert Bresson

DVD Features:
Notes: This release is new restored high-definition digital transfer with new and improved English subtitles translation.

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
Monoaural - French
Additional Release Material:
Video Interview - 1. Donald Richie - Film Scholar
Bonus Feature - 1. UN METTEUR EN ORDRE (1966)
Trailer - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essay - 1. James Quandt