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Flight of the Red Balloon is a french film of genre Drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien released in USA on 7 october 2007 with Juliette Binoche

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

Flight of the Red Balloon
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Released in USA 7 october 2007
Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating64% 3.247263.247263.247263.247263.24726

Flight of the Red Balloon (French: Le voyage du ballon rouge) is a 2007 French-Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. It is the first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, and tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first non-Asian film. It references the classic 1956 French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007.

Synopsis

Suzanne, a puppeteer, lives with her young son Simon in an apartment in Paris. While her daughter Louise is away in Brussels and she is worried over a financial battle with her tenant, Marc, Suzanne hires a Chinese filmmaker named Song as Simon's new nanny.

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