The Red Balloon
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The Red Balloon is a 1956 French short fantasy film by Albert Lamorisse, renowned for its near-wordless storytelling about a young boy and a sentient red balloon wandering through the streets of Paris.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flight of the Red Balloon | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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children's film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ short film ⓘ |
| academyAwardCategoryWon | Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Palme d'Or for Best Short Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
childhood
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freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ imagination ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edmond Séchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Eastmancolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Albert Lamorisse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Films Montsouris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | sentient red balloon ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
children's
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family ⓘ fantasy ⓘ short ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later children's fantasy films
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visual storytelling in cinema ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | red balloon ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Maurice Le Roux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | near-wordless ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Parisian streets
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minimal dialogue ⓘ visual storytelling ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| palmeDorSection | Best Short Film ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Pascal Lamorisse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Albert Lamorisse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 34 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
escape
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hope ⓘ innocence ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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families ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-war Paris ⓘ |
| writer | Albert Lamorisse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfCannesScreening | 1956 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Flight of the Red Balloon