Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

Original title

Le Voyage du ballon rouge

Directed by

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese student in Paris becomes a nanny for a young boy and his mother, a puppeteer. The film follows their daily lives and the floating red balloon that catches the boy's attention.

slow-burncontemplativegentleobservationalintimatequietmelancholiceveryday

What happens

Flight of the Red Balloon (French: Le voyage du ballon rouge) is a 2007 French-Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is the first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, and tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou's first non-Asian film. It references the classic 1956 French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse. The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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