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| Anne Wiazemsky | ... | Marie | |
| François Lafarge | ... | Gerard | |
| Philippe Asselin | ... | Marie's father | |
| Nathalie Joyaut | ... | Marie's mother | |
| Walter Green | ... | Jacques | |
| Jean-Claude Guilbert | ... | Arnold | |
| Pierre Klossowski | ... | Merchant | |
| François Sullerot | ... | Baker | |
| Marie-Claire Fremont | ... | Baker's wife (as M.C. Fremont) | |
| Jean Rémignard | ... | Notary | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jean-Joël Barbier | ... | The Priest | |
| René Bazart | |||
| Guy Brejac | |||
| Isabelle de Winter | |||
| Roger Fjellstrom | |||
| Henri Fraisse | |||
| Sven Frostenson | |||
| Dominique Mounc | |||
| Tord Paag | ... | Louis | |
| José Ruiz Pernias | |||
| Isabelle Petit | |||
| Guy Renault | |||
| Gilles Sandier | |||
| Pascale Savornin | |||
| Jacques Sorbets | ... | Police Officer | |
| Mylène Weyergans | |||
Directed by | |||
| Robert Bresson | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Robert Bresson | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Mag Bodard | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jean Wiener | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ghislain Cloquet | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Raymond Lamy | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Pierre Charbonnier | |||
Production Management | |||
| Michel Choquet | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Philippe Dussart | .... | production manager | |
| René Pascal | .... | assistant production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Sven Frostenson | .... | assistant director | |
| Jacques Kébadian | .... | assistant director | |
| Claude Miller | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Jean Catala | .... | props | |
| Dominique Ribeyrolles | .... | set dresser | |
Sound Department | |||
| Antoine Archimbaud | .... | sound | |
| Jean-Joël Barbier | .... | sound recordist: piano | |
| Jacques Carrère | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jean Chiabaut | .... | camera operator | |
| Emmanuel Machuel | .... | assistant camera | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Geneviève Billo | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Jean Drejac | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Geneviève Cortier | .... | script girl | |
| Guy Renault | .... | animal trainer | |
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| Temps qui reste, Le | The Funhouse | Des diamants pour l'enfer | Jeux interdits | Unendliche Geschichte, Die |
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Perhaps one of the only films with a live animal in the lead role, this Bresson film is profound art. Excellent acting, masterful direction, decent (new) translation ... French is a little more descriptive and poetic, as usual. The camera follows the winding life span of a donkey in rural France. Used for noble and ignoble, legal and illegal purposes at times, the donkey changes hands repeatedly, at times abused and other times shown loving care and attention. Akin to the style and tone of pre-War French Poetic Relism, despair grows as the setting opens with hopeful simplicity and deteriorates as dreams fade, hearts harden and people die. In the end, the donkey who has witnessed much becomes not only a pawn but a victim. Le pauvre. Funny I didn't see a notice at the end of the film: "No animals were harmed in the making of this film." Anyway, well worth watching more than once.