The Flight of the Red Balloon
Summary:
Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon), which constitutes celebrated Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first French-language picture, represents both an homage to Albert Lamorisse's beloved 1956 short The Red Balloon and an expansion of that earlier picture. Hou begins with Lamorisse's central conceit -- that of a mysterious red balloon tracking a l... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Juliette Binoche - (Suzanne)
Simon Iteanu - (Simon)
Hippolyte Girardot - (Marc)
Song Fang - (Song)
Louise Margolin - (Louise)
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Review:
In Hou Hsiao-Hsien's tender Flight of the Red Balloon, an homage to the classic children's short The Red Balloon, the director expands on the original's themes of companionship, longing, and loss. The little boy Simon (Simon Iteanu) idles around Paris, accompanied by his Chinese nanny, Song (Song Fang), a film student who is... Continue >>
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