Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge

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Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge

©BAC Films 2007
Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Produced by François Margolin
Written by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
François Margolin
Starring Juliette Binoche
Hippolyte Girardot
Language French
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Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon), first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 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.

The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007.