Flight of the Red Balloon

2007

French

6.5

♡ 3

82%

Hsiao-Hsien Hou Director

Anna Sigalevitch as Anna

Aneliese Roettger as Monique

Juliette Binoche as Suzanne

Monique Stalens as Woman in Street

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.