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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Le Ballon rouge
(alternative title: the Red Balloon)
Written & Directed by Albert Lamorisse
Produced by Albert Lamorisse
Music composed by Maurice Leroux
Cinematography by Edmond Séchan
Released on October 15, 1956
Distributed by Lopert Pictures Corporation,
in cooperation with Janus Films
Le Ballon rouge is a 1956 fantasy short film, directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.
The film, which has a music score but almost no dialogue, tells of Pascal (Pascal Lamorisse), who, on his way to school one morning,
discovers a large helium-filled red balloon. As Pascal plays with his new found toy, he realizes the balloon has a mind and will of its own,
and it begins to follow Pascal wherever he goes...
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Last edited by Jetée; 04-20-2011 at 02:33 PM..
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