Flight Of The Red Balloon

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Flight Of The Red Balloon

Synopsis: 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 (Three Times, Millennium Mambo). 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 (Simon Iteanu) dealing with the increased fragility of his loving yet preoccupied mother, Suzanne (Academy Award Winner Juliette Binoche of The English Patient, Cache). When a Taiwanese film student, Song (Fang 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.

Alternate Title(s): Flight of the Red Balloon

Directed By:	Hou Hsiao Hsien	Genre:	Drama / Foreign
Cast:	Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Fang Song	Year of Production:	2007

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Flight of the Red Balloon (DVD, NR)

Region: 1
Released: Oct-21-2008
Run Time: 115 minutes

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* SirDonk (Added movie on December 15, 2009)

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