Au Hasard Balthazar (1966 Robert Bresson & scr)

If you're looking for close ups of hands and feet, look no further. Incredibly elliptical film has to be watched closely to make sense. Years pass in a flutter. The cumulative effect of the donkey's trials and his death are shattering.

Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge (his is a truly vile character).

Photographed by Ghislain Cloquet.

Great donkey, by the way. Loved the sequence in the zoo - all the animals, and Balthazar's reaction shots. It's one of those slow burners.