In this film, Bresson simplifies the plot information to the extreme, which also makes the plot seem unusually jumpy, and it takes a little more effort to understand. Balthazar is a donkey that lives with humans and endures tribulations and torments with humans. It perceives and examines all human conditions like a god from the perspective of a "beast". Mary and Zack are childhood sweethearts, and have been fond of each other since childhood. But due to the conflict between the two fathers, Mary and Zack separated, and Balthazar the donkey was always with Mary as a gift. After growing up, Mary and Zack are still in touch, but Mary finds that she doesn't love Zack, who is timid and cowardly, and because of Mary's father's stubbornness and arrogance, the conflict between the two fathers has not been resolved. So Mary rejects Zack's courtship. Mary's father sold the donkey Baltazar to a businessman who opened a shop, and the merchant hired a loafing punk named Grad, so far the donkey Baltazar worked with Grad every day. By chance, Mary saw Balthazar the donkey while driving. She got out of the car and hugged the donkey Balthazar was very excited. By this coincidence, Mary met Grad. Bresson omitted a lot of information and only presented the result, that is, Marie and Grad were together, and this was the beginning of Marie's fall into the abyss. Halfway through the film, the character of a homeless man who meets Grad is known as a murderer, but Bresson never tells the audience who he killed or didn't kill at all. He was first beaten by Glad and his companions, and then Mary rushed over to stop Glad's behavior. Mary slapped Glad and was slapped twice by Glad. Violence breeds in the lust of the two. The tramp took Balthazar the donkey on the road of wandering. He likes to drink, has a erratic temper, and occasionally treats Balthazar the donkey roughly. The donkey Baltazar ran away secretly and was discovered by the circus. The circus packaged it as a genius donkey that could do math problems to perform for the audience. He led the donkey to continue on the road of wandering. The destitute homeless man suddenly got the inheritance of his dead uncle, he became rich, he held a drinking party, and Mary and Grad and others came to drink and dance. Glad dances with a strange girl completely disregarding Mary's feelings. Mary's mother asks Mary to go home, but the rebellious Mary would rather be treated coldly by Glad than go home to face a powerful and controlling father. At the reception, Grad's attitude towards the homeless who became wealthy changed 180 degrees, and the changes in social relations brought about by changes in capital wealth were obvious. It's just that the homeless man died on the road after the drinking party. Maybe he drank too much. mourning. The donkey Baltazar was sold to a middle-aged man, and he was beaten by the man to do grinding work. One night, Mary, who was determined to leave Grad, came to the middle-aged man's house for the night. She didn't want to go home to face her parents. In the mood of extreme sadness and despair, Mary had a relationship with the middle-aged man. Mary fell into desire step by step. in the trap. Mary is determined to start over with Zack, who has always loved her (marry an honest man?), but is insulted by Glad and three other accomplices who strip naked in an abandoned house in revenge. Marie, who was finally rescued by her father, ran away from home and disappeared into the world. Bresson did not give any explanation for where she went and what the future was like. He expressed pessimism. Mary's father was saddened to learn that Mary had run away from home, and died soon after. He left the world with his conflict with Zack's father, his estrangement with his daughter, his own stubbornness, and pride. Mary's family falls apart when Glad steals Balthazar, the donkey, and uses it to smuggle his stolen goods. After being spotted by soldiers at the border checkpoint, Grad turned and ran away, leaving Balthazar the donkey, who had been shot. At the end of the film, Baltazar, the donkey who has experienced and examined the world all his life, died among the sheep. It started in Mary's childhood and died when Mary was gone. It has gone through a journey of a family, a village, and experienced all the tastes of the world. I have seen the laziness, violence, depravity, stubbornness, greed, cowardice and despair of human nature. Indeed, this film is easy to associate with "The Horse of Turin", a "livestock" staring at the human experience from beginning to end, feeling the same suffering, but the donkey Baltazar never resisted However, it faithfully fulfilled its obligations, it did not stop eating, so it eventually died at the hands of humans. It fell apart, at which point Grad stole Balthazar the donkey and used it to consign his stolen items to smuggle. After being spotted by soldiers at the border checkpoint, Grad turned and ran away, leaving Balthazar the donkey, who had been shot. At the end of the film, Baltazar, the donkey who has experienced and examined the world all his life, died among the sheep. It started in Mary's childhood and died when Mary was gone. It has gone through a journey of a family, a village, and experienced all the tastes of the world. I have seen the laziness, violence, depravity, stubbornness, greed, cowardice and despair of human nature. Indeed, this film is easy to associate with "The Horse of Turin", a "livestock" staring at the human experience from beginning to end, feeling the same suffering, but the donkey Baltazar never resisted However, it faithfully fulfilled its obligations, it did not stop eating, so it eventually died at the hands of humans. It fell apart, at which point Grad stole Balthazar the donkey and used it to consign his stolen items to smuggle. After being spotted by soldiers at the border checkpoint, Grad turned and ran away, leaving Balthazar the donkey, who had been shot. At the end of the film, Baltazar, the donkey who has experienced and examined the world all his life, died among the sheep. It started in Mary's childhood and died when Mary was gone. It has gone through a journey of a family, a village, and experienced all the tastes of the world. I have seen the laziness, violence, depravity, stubbornness, greed, cowardice and despair of human nature. Indeed, this film is easy to associate with "The Horse of Turin", a "livestock" staring at the human experience from beginning to end, feeling the same suffering, but the donkey Baltazar never resisted However, it faithfully fulfilled its obligations, it did not stop eating, so it eventually died at the hands of humans.
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