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Science on Screen: Au Hasard Balthazar

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  • Mon, Mar 31

Director: Robert Bresson Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 1966 Language: French

Starring: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin, Walter Green

Science on Screen at the Digital Gym Theater will focus on Animal Perspectives in Film.

This screening is part of Science on Screen, a grant program bringing science to cinemas.

Synopsis: A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar follows the 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. Through Bresson’s unconventional approach to composition, sound, and narrative, this simple story becomes a moving parable about purity and transcendence.

Our presentation of AU HASARD BALTHAZAR, will be followed by a Q&A. Special Guest TBA.

An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.

Showtimes:
Monday, March 31, 2025: 7:00
Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL8MuxXB_Eg&ab_channel=CriterionExtras 

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