Venerated master director Robert Bresson's celebrated chef d'oeuvre Au Hasard Balthazar is the seemingly simple yet profoundly moving tale of a donkey in rural France. Passed from one owner to the next, treated in turn gently and harshly, Balthazar inhabits a world beyond his control. But through his silence and powerlessness - as well as Bresson's masterly touch - his trajectory becomes a stirring, transcendental allegory of purity and hope, ultimately echoing the life of Jesus Christ. A film truly unlike any other, this deeply affec