In telling the story of a donkey navigating a corrupt, venal, violent human world, Skolimowski tips his hat to a film over five decades old. Au Hasard Balthazar, directed by Robert Bresson, is ...

Both Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO and its inspiration—director Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)—predominantly use donkeys to comment on human nature. But what about ...

A loose remake of Robert Bresson’s 1966 masterpiece Au Hasard Balthazar, EO is less a cinematic narrative than it is a sensory experiment. Taking place almost entirely from the perspective of a donkey ...

Though the film's obvious precedent is Robert Bresson's revered 1966 classic Au Hasard Balthazar, Skolimowski's version of the donkey odyssey is less a remake of that heavyweight text than its ...

At the 1966 Venice Film Festival — the first I attended — one of the three French films in competition was Robert Bresson’s sublime Au hasard Balthazar, the story of a donkey that is passed ...

Skolimowski has said that Au Hasard Balthazar is the only film that has made him cry. Eo follows a similar trajectory. It begins in a circus, where Eo’s young trainer (Sandra Drzymalska ...

There is a clear reference to Au Hasard, Balthazar (1966), but Robert Bresson’s film revolves around the human characters who come into the donkey Balthazar’s orbit. This film is all donkey ...

If this story conjures a sense of deja vu, you may have memories of Robert Bresson’s 1966 classic Au Hasard, Balthazar, which paints a similarly intimate portrait of the life of a donkey.

Acclaimed Polish director’s Jerzy Skolimowski’s tribute to the Robert Bresson classic Au Hasard Balthazar speculates on the inner life of an animal that is frequently misunderstood or ill-treated.

An update of Robert Bresson’s 1966 film, "Au Hasard Balthazar," "EO" is mostly wordless, with few interruptions from humans. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Jerzy Skolimowski, director of classics such as Deep End and The Shout, has pondered Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, which followed the picaresque adventures of a doomed donkey, and set ...