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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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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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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
11 March 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Red Balloon See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, even though it has little dialogue. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Crazy Credits
With the cooperation of the balloons of the Paris area. See more »Connections
Referenced in Midnight Screenings: ParaNorman/The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) 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.