The red balloon

If you enjoy short films or you've thought about writing/making your own short film, a great short film to see, before you embark on your own script or production, is the multi-award winning French film, THE RED BALLOON (1956) written and directed by Albert Lamorisse and starring his son, Pascal. (RT 32 mins) Simply put, the film follows a red balloon that follows a boy around Paris. In contrast to the verbosity of today's motion pictures, there's almost no dialogue in the film, which went…

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This edition published in 1968 (8th impression) by George Allen and Unwin, translated by Malcolm Barnes. Soooo nostalgic this one -a bittersweet story that I gazed at for ages even before I could read.

The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse ~ Delacourte Press, 1956 Again, if you were a child of a certain era, The Red Balloon was more than a ...

There is a 1956 French movie called “The Red Balloon.” It has minimal dialog and is about a little boy who has a red balloon for a pet, and yes the balloon sort of wiggles and interacts…

MoMA | Films by Albert Lamorisse and Edmond Sechan

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A conversation with my little boy and thoughts on the The Red Balloon film, or in its native French language, Le Ballon Violet.