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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   3,245 votes
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Director:
Albert Lamorisse
Writer:
Albert Lamorisse (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 March 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Fantasy | Short more
Plot:
A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins more
User Comments:
The First Film I Saw... more (55 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Pascal Lamorisse ... Pascal the Boy
Georges Sellier ... Shopkeeper
Vladimir Popov ... Tennant
Paul Perey
René Marion ... Pascal's Father
Sabine Lamorisse ... Pascal's Mother
Michel Pezin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Red Balloon (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
34 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Paris, France

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, even though it has little dialogue. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: For a brief instant, a wire can be seen attached to balloon as boy waits to cross street. Wire stands out against blue coat of man standing behind him looking on as the boy waits for intersection to clear. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "ChuckleVision: Magnetic Distraction:: Part 1 (#15.5)" (2003) more

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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
The First Film I Saw..., 4 September 2000
Author: Matt Barry from Baltimore, Maryland

This is one of the first films I remember seeing. My grandfather was kind enough to record it off of television for me when I was only one or two years old. I remember enjoying it alot as a very young child and I enjoy this film just as much, if not even more, today. I can appreciate the story more, now that I'm older. It is one of the truly best short films ever made, right up there with the best of Chaplin and other great short-film makers.

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