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The Red Balloon (Le ballon rouge) Sponsored by Charles and Barbara Horak 1956 | Not Rated | Family, Fantasy | d. Albert Lamorisse Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov Presented as part of PLAZA DAYS: Tours, Tunes and a Classic |
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| A “Sense of Wonder” and the innocence of childhood has seldom been more fully realized than in this dialog-free French short subject. Filmed entirely in the back streets and narrow alleys of Old Montmartre, it tells the adventures of a little boy (the director’s own six-year old son Pascal) and a big red balloon he rescues from a lamppost. This world-acclaimed film inspired 2008’s French feature: Flight of the Red Balloon. - Jay Duncan | ||