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Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007, Movie, 1h 57min

The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' 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 Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

Country: France,Taiwan

Director:

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Cast:

Hippolyte Girardot,

Juliette Binoche,

Anna Sigalevitch,

Flore Vannier-Moreau

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Critic Anna Hart

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6

...Hou’s exquisitely crafted scenes of domestic chaos and Paris’ unforgiving streets provide the perfect backdrop for his meditation on art’s ability to add both strain and beauty to people’s daily lives.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Kimberley Jones

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6

...Binoche, quite bravely, has created a complex portrait of self-absorption and distraction...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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