Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Sweden
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- suicide
- rape
- countryside
- misery
- donkey
- gang leader
- youth gang
- black and white
- cruelty
- burden
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Philippe Asselin — Marie's Father
- Pierre Klossowski — Merchant
- Nathalie Joyaut — Marie's Mother
- Marie-Claire Fremont — Baker's Wife
- Jean-Joël Barbier — The Priest
- Directed
- Robert Bresson
- Written
- Robert Bresson
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 516 ratings
- Studio
- Argos films, Parc Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
