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.
Anne Wiazemsky
as Marie
Walter Green
as Jacques
François Lafarge
as Gérard
Jean-Claude Guilbert
as Arnold
Philippe Asselin
as Marie's Father
Pierre Klossowski
as Merchant
Nathalie Joyaut
as Marie's Mother
Marie-Claire Fremont
as Baker's Wife
Jean-Joël Barbier
as The Priest
