A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
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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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Sabine Lamorisse | ... | La petite fille au ballon bleu |
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Michel Pezin | ||
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Renée Marion | ... | La mère de Pascal |
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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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11 March 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Awards: Best Foreign Film (Mexico, 1958). * Gold Medal (Tokyo, 1958) See more »Goofs
The bus Pascal gets on to that is followed by the balloon has red advertisements at the rear for Chantelle. The bus he gets off has yellow/green advertisements for Excel. See more »Crazy Credits
With the cooperation of the balloons of the Paris area. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I wonder, is there any other 30 minute short produced in the history of film that is more enchanting and moving than "Le Ballon rouge"?
The vivid colors and the wonderful use of Paris scenery is only part of the experience, another large part is the touching performance by the director's six year old son Pascal in the lead (how lucky he didn't fall and break his neck in that opening scene where he finds the balloon!). The look on his face in the final scene is every bit as heartbreaking as that of Jackie Coogan in Chaplin's legendary "The Kid". The whole movie is reminiscent of the best Chaplin had to offer, mixed with a little Jacques Tati and a touch of storybook fantasy. On the basis of only *one* *short* film Albert Lamorisse will forever see his name in gold print in the annals of movie history, which is quite an achievement!
It will tear your heart with joy, fascination, sorrow and spellbind you with jubilation in just 30 minutes! A true classic, well deserving of it's screenplay Oscar, only a demon could be cold enough in his heart to dislike it!
Now pleeeaaase; release it on DVD!