Balthazar 1966  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Au Hasard, Balthazar
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Francois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowski, Francois Sullerot, Marie-Claire Fremont, Jean Remignard, Jean-Joel Barbier, Tord Paag, Jacques Sorbets
Marie (Anne Wiazemsky) has grown up with her donkey Balthazar, but they are parted when Marie is gang-raped and dies. Balthazar is now passed from one owner to another. At one point, Balthazar becomes a circus star, and, later, he goes back to tilling the soil. Through good times and bad, Balthazar's life parallels and intersects with that of his owners–some of whom adore him while others mistreat him.
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 Diary of a Country Priest 1950  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, Andre Guibert, Nicole Maurey, Nicole Ladmiral, Rachel Berendt, Martine Lemaire, Antoine Balpetre, Jean Danet, Gaston Severin, Jeanne Etievant, Bernard Hubrenne, Leon Arvel
When a young priest (Claude Laydu) arrives at his first parish in the town of Ambricourt, he lives the life of a martyr and finds himself isolated from the locals. This, in turn, forces him to question his faith. An excellent Robert Bresson film.
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The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne 1945  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ladies of the Park
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Lucienne Bogaert, Yvette Etievant, Jean Marchat, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucy Lancy, Marguerite De Morlaye, Blanchette Brunoy
Helene (Maria Casares) recognizes that her lover, Jean (Paul Bernard), is losing interest in her and, to regain his interest, she suggests a breakup. She is shocked when he agrees, and now it's revenge time. Helene introduces him to a prostitute, Agnes (Elina Labourdette), not telling him about Agnes' "profession." The new lovers hit it off, and Helene, after the marriage, tells Jean about Agnes. The results are not what Helene wanted.
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Lancelot of the Lake 1974  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Grail
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Patrick Bernard, Arthur De Montalembert, Charles Balsan, Christian Schlumberger, Joseph-Patrick Le Quidre, Jean-Paul Leperlier
Forget about bravery and honor in this story about King Arthur's (Vladimir Antolek-Oresek) Knights of the Round Table; the brave knights have been turned into greedy men. Newly returned from his unsuccessful search for the Holy Grail, Lancelot du Lac (Luc Simon) again woos Guenevere (Laura Duke Condominas), an act that proves futile as director Robert Bresson makes his point that Camelot was only a dream.
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L'Argent 1983 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Money
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Michel Briguet, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Beatrice Tabourin, Didier Baussy, Marc Ernest Fourneau, Bruno Lapeyre, Francois-Marie Banier, Jeanne Aptekman
French schoolboy Norbert (Marc Ernest Fourneau) passes counterfeit money at a photography store; the store owner (Didier Baussy) hands it off to delivery man Yvon Targe (Christian Patey) who innocently passes the counterfeit wad, is promptly arrested, and serves time in jail. By the time he is released, his child has died, and his wife has left him. Hardened by his experience, Yvon turns to a life of petty crime that leads to murder.
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A Man Escaped 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Francois Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Maurice Beerblock, Jean Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, Jean Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans
Based on the experiences of French Resistance member Lt. Fontaine (Francois Leterrier) during his Nazi imprisonment at Fort Montluc, this film details Fontaine's plans to scale the walls and escape from the prison.
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Mouchette 1967 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Liliane Princet, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet, Raymonde Chabrun
Fourteen-year-old Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) lives a glum existence in the French provinces with her drunk, bootlegging father (Paul Hebert) and dying mother (Marie Cardinal). Mouchette is unable to connect with others at home and at school until she finally connects with Arsene (Jean-Claude Guilbert). But this relationship is doomed and leads to rape and tragic consequences.
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| 1. Balthazar (1966)
aka: Au Hasard, Balthazar
2. Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
3. The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne (1945)
aka: Ladies of the Park
4. Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
aka: The Grail
5. L'Argent (1983)
aka: Money
6. A Man Escaped (1956)
aka: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth
7. Mouchette (1967)
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