07 Feb 1963
This Sporting Life
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Au Hasard Balthazar
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
Top Billed Cast
Anne Wiazemsky Marie
Walter Green Jacques
François Lafarge Gérard
Jean-Claude Guilbert Arnold
Philippe Asselin Marie's Father
Pierre Klossowski Merchant
Nathalie Joyaut Marie's Mother
Marie-Claire Fremont Baker's Wife
Jean-Joël Barbier The Priest
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