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| | Slant Magazine - Film Review: Au Hasard Balthazar |
 | | Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowski, François Sullerot, Marie-Claire Fremont, Jean Rémignard and Balthazar the Donkey. |
 | | Balthazar begins with a sonic gesture of equanimity between human concerns and the animal kingdom when, under the credits, the music of Schubert is brought to an abrupt halt to allow a donkey diva to have her crack at accompanying the scroll. |
 | | It provides the blueprint for the rest of the film, in which a young French farmgirl, Marie (Anne Wiazemsky), and her companion donkey Balthazar grow up together, learn the rules of the game separately, and ultimately fall victim at the hands of vice. |
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