Red Balloon

The film is about the friendship between a little boy and a magical balloon in Paris in the 1950s. A boy frees a balloon tied to a streetlight.To the surprise of the neighbourhood, the balloon follows him in the streets of Paris, making the other children jealous.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Albert Lamorisse
Cinematography: Edmond Sechan
Editing: Pierre Gillette
Sound: Pierre Vuillemin
Music: Maurice Leroux
Actors: Pascal Lamorisse (the little boy), Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey
Production: Films Montsouris, France
Producers: Albert Lamorisse
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: France
Production Year: 1956
Duration: 36

Albert Lamorisse

He was born in Paris in 1922 and began making films in the late 40s. He quickly achieved international recognition for the poetic quality of his short and medium-length films about children and the imagination. He died in a helicopter accident near Tehran in 1970 while shooting a documentary, Le Vent des amoureux.

Filmography

1947 Djerba (doc.)
1950 Bim le petit ane (short)
1952 Crin Blanc (short)
1956 Le Ballon rouge (short)
1962 Le Songe de chevaux sauvages (short)
1960 Le Voyage en ballon
1965 L’Ange dit Fifi la Plume
1978 Le Vent des amoureux (doc.)