The fate of both the donkey and Marie in this film makes people lament, but Bresson's intentional isolation, keeping the audience and the characters at a distance, the sadness that can't even shed tears is really depressing.
Many scenes in Bresson's films only let you see the legs of characters and animals, and the rest of the scenes let you worry and imagine, thus creating suspense.
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