Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Perhaps the greatest and most revolutionary of Bresson's films, Balthazar is a difficult but transcendently rewarding experience, never to be missed.
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Roger Greenspun, New York Times
This is neither an easy film, nor, in the show biz sense, an entertaining one. It makes large demands upon its audience, and in return confers exceptional rewards.
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Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Quietly devastating, nearly perfect allegory.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Bresson is one of the saints of the cinema, and Au Hasard Balthazar is his most heartbreaking prayer.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
It is a devastating picture, scored to a Schubert piano sonata and done with a purity and austerity that transfixes us.
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