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The Red Balloon is a french film of genre Drama directed by Albert Lamorisse released in USA on 11 march 1957 with Pascal Lamorisse
The Red Balloon (1956)
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Add to a movie listThe Red Balloon (French: Le Ballon rouge) is a 1956 fantasy featurette directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.
The thirty-four minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighbourhood of Paris.
It won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the best original screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The film also became popular with children and educators. This is the only short film to win the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and to receive a nomination for anything besides Best Live Action Short Film.
Lamorisse used his children as actors in the film. His son, Pascal Lamorisse, plays himself in the main role, and his daughter, Sabine, portrays a little girl.
Synopsis
The film, which has a music score but almost no dialogue, tells of Pascal (Pascal Lamorisse), who, on his way to school one morning, discovers a large helium-filled, extremely spherical, red balloon.Actors
Pascal Lamorisse
(Pascal, the Little Boy)
Georges Sellier
(The Irritated Schoolmaster)
Renaud
(A Twin in Red)
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