The Red Balloon (1956)
August 24, 1956Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Pascal Lamorisse
Pascal - le petit garçon
Sabine Lamorisse
La petite fille au ballon bleu
Vladimir Popov
A Tenant
Georges Sellier
Le marchand
Vladimir Popov
Un locataire
Vlad
Un locataire
Paul Perey
Le père de Pascal
Michel Pezin
Production Manager
Renée Marion
La mère de Pascal
Renaud
Le jumeau en rouge
David Séchan
L'autre jumeau en rouge
Albert Lamorisse
Director
Edmond Agabra
Assistant Director
Maurice Le Roux
Composer
Edmond Séchan
Cinematographer
Claire Viroulaud
Publicist
Pierre Gillette
Editor
Pierre Vuillemin
Sound
André Fontaine
Assistant Director
Pierre Goupil
Camera Operator / Assistant Camera
Reinie Bource
Script Supervisor
Lise Haas
Production Secretary
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1956
Original NameLe Ballon rouge
StatusReleased
Running Time34m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$48,980
Genres
Wiki.
The Red Balloon (French: Le ballon rouge) is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-four-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris.
Lamorisse used his children as actors in the film. His son, Pascal, plays himself in the main role, and his daughter, Sabine, portrays a young girl.
The film won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It also became popular with children and educators. It is the only short film to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.