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| Pascal Lamorisse | ... | Pascal - le petit garçon | |
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Georges Sellier | ... | Le marchand |
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Vladimir Popov | ... | Un locataire |
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Paul Perey | ||
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Renée Marion | ... | La mère de Pascal |
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Sabine Lamorisse | ... | La petite fille au ballon bleu |
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Michel Pezin | ||
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A boy makes friends with a seemingly sentient balloon, and it begins to follow him. It follows the boy to school, to the bus, and to church. Boy and balloon play together in the streets of Paris and try to elude a gang of boys that wants to destroy the balloon. Written by alfiehitchie
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
11 March 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$9,004, 18 November 2007Gross USA:
$34,570Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$48,980Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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This film is part of the Criterion Collection. See more »Goofs
Just after the scene where the boy is turned away from boarding the bus, you see him running off with the balloon in his left hand and the satchel in his right however in the next shot it is reversed. See more »Crazy Credits
Avec le concours: Des Enfants De Ménilmontant et Des Ballons De La Région Parisiénne (Translation: With the assistance of: The Children of Ménilmontant and The Balloons of the Paris region.) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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.