It Takes One Ass to Know One

ROBERT BRESSON — AU HASARD BALTHAZAR — 1966

A very nostalgic film from France nearly 60 years ago. Remember — in fact, most of you can’t — just after the reelection of de Gaulle as President of the Republic. We are in a village or small town in a rural area close to a border famous for smuggling goods one way or the other. A young donkey is born and is still fed by its mother. It is…