Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Walter Green | Written and Directed by Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson’s mid-career misery-fest is often cited as a masterpiece (it’s sitting pretty on a perfect Metacritic score), although having now endured Au Hasard Balthazar twice in my life I must simply be blind to its supposed power. Using the seven deadly sins as its backdrop and its equine star as a stand-in for faith, it’s an absurdly grim allegory, and one which feels like a chore even at ninety minutes.
The wisp of a plot follows the travails of the titular donkey, once a beloved pet of rural girl Marie (Anne Wiazemsky). Balthazar is effectively sold into slavery, and the film charts the parallel lives led by the pair: Balthazar into old age and Marie into her teenage years. It seems that, without the love of each other, both are bound...
Robert Bresson’s mid-career misery-fest is often cited as a masterpiece (it’s sitting pretty on a perfect Metacritic score), although having now endured Au Hasard Balthazar twice in my life I must simply be blind to its supposed power. Using the seven deadly sins as its backdrop and its equine star as a stand-in for faith, it’s an absurdly grim allegory, and one which feels like a chore even at ninety minutes.
The wisp of a plot follows the travails of the titular donkey, once a beloved pet of rural girl Marie (Anne Wiazemsky). Balthazar is effectively sold into slavery, and the film charts the parallel lives led by the pair: Balthazar into old age and Marie into her teenage years. It seems that, without the love of each other, both are bound...
- 4/29/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Eva Green never let her role as a Bond Girl typecast her, and, today, the actress is working more than ever.
After getting her start in an erotic Bertolucci film and breaking out in 2005's "Casino Royale," Green has played one captivating role after another. She was a standout in Tim Burton's poorly received "Dark Shadows" (2012) opposite Johnny Depp and is currently earning rave reviews for her mysterious and supernaturally-charged Vanessa in Showtime's "Penny Dreadful." This summer, she can be found as the sexy and manipulative Ava in Frank Miller's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For."
From her famous relatives to her connection to President Nicolas Sarkozy, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Eva Green.
1. Eva Gaëlle Green was born July 6, 1980 in Paris, France to Marlène Jobert, a French actress, and Walter Green, a dentist.
2. Her last name is pronounced "grain" and is derived from the Swedish word "gren,...
After getting her start in an erotic Bertolucci film and breaking out in 2005's "Casino Royale," Green has played one captivating role after another. She was a standout in Tim Burton's poorly received "Dark Shadows" (2012) opposite Johnny Depp and is currently earning rave reviews for her mysterious and supernaturally-charged Vanessa in Showtime's "Penny Dreadful." This summer, she can be found as the sexy and manipulative Ava in Frank Miller's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For."
From her famous relatives to her connection to President Nicolas Sarkozy, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Eva Green.
1. Eva Gaëlle Green was born July 6, 1980 in Paris, France to Marlène Jobert, a French actress, and Walter Green, a dentist.
2. Her last name is pronounced "grain" and is derived from the Swedish word "gren,...
- 8/22/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
Honey Boo Boo, whose real name is Alana Thompson, and her family, stars of TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, were in a car accident Monday night, and emerged without any major injuries.
'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' Stars In Car Crash
Sugar Bear was at the wheel of the family van, driving with Mama June and Honey Boo Boo’s older sisters, Pumpkin and Chubbs. The crash occurred in Milledgeville, Ga., when Sugar Bear attempted to make a left turn on a green light.
A pickup truck coming in the opposite direction struck reality family as Sugar Bear was making the turn, resulting in “dents, scratches, and crush damage to the front grill and driver’s side headlight, as well as a crumpled hood,” for the family SUV, according to the Police report.
The pickup truck reportedly showed “cracks and dents to the front bumper, as...
'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' Stars In Car Crash
Sugar Bear was at the wheel of the family van, driving with Mama June and Honey Boo Boo’s older sisters, Pumpkin and Chubbs. The crash occurred in Milledgeville, Ga., when Sugar Bear attempted to make a left turn on a green light.
A pickup truck coming in the opposite direction struck reality family as Sugar Bear was making the turn, resulting in “dents, scratches, and crush damage to the front grill and driver’s side headlight, as well as a crumpled hood,” for the family SUV, according to the Police report.
The pickup truck reportedly showed “cracks and dents to the front bumper, as...
- 1/8/2014
- Uinterview
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