The Flight of the Red Balloon
Inspired by Albert Lamorisse’s classic 1956 Academy Award Winning short, Flight of the Red Balloon is the latest masterwork from director Hou Hsiao Hsien. Expanding on the key elements of Lamorisse’s short -- a young boy, a red balloon and Paris -- Hou weaves the tale of a boy, Simon dealing with the increased fragility of his loving yet preoccupied mother, Suzanne. When a Taiwanese film student, Song, is hired to help care for Simon, a unique extended family is formed -- utterly dependent on each other yet lost in separate dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.
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Benji says:
OMG i grew up with the ooriginal one… such a wonderful film …
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STOSRO says:
This does look like a good film.
Ha
Iusally see action films and the ocastional horror film with someone to cuddle up to me while i smile at the gore.
Hehe, Iam evil.
But anyway, being emotional, this film looks good and I have never seen anything like it.
It will probably end up being a late night movie channels play when they get bored or try to entertain people who stay up late.