Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar is the story of a girl and a donkey named Balthazar. The film follows the two of them over many years from the donkey's birth until its death. The girl is the original owner of the donkey but it changes owners many times over the course of its life. Some owners are better than others but they all have flaws. The girls life seems to parallel the donkeys life.

While not immensely popular, this film is generally well-received. French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard said "this film is really the world in an hour and a half." Personally, I wasn't all that impressed with the film. While it certainly had its fair share of artistic merit, it just wasn't very interesting. I didn't particularly care about the donkey and I certainly didn't care about the girl.

60.5/100
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