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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flight of the Red Balloon | 1 |
| The Red Balloon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4570137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Red Balloon Context triple: [29th Academy Awards, bestStoryAndScreenplayWinner, The Red Balloon]
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A.
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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B.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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C.
Famille de saltimbanques
Famille de saltimbanques is a 1905–1906 Rose Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a group of itinerant circus performers in a melancholic, introspective scene.
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D.
L’Oiseau bleu
L’Oiseau bleu is a symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that follows two children on a fantastical quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.
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E.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a 1964 French musical film by Jacques Demy, renowned for its entirely sung dialogue, vibrant color palette, and bittersweet love story starring Catherine Deneuve.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Red Balloon Target entity description: 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.
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A.
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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B.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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C.
Famille de saltimbanques
Famille de saltimbanques is a 1905–1906 Rose Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a group of itinerant circus performers in a melancholic, introspective scene.
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D.
L’Oiseau bleu
L’Oiseau bleu is a symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that follows two children on a fantastical quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.
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E.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a 1964 French musical film by Jacques Demy, renowned for its entirely sung dialogue, vibrant color palette, and bittersweet love story starring Catherine Deneuve.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
hope ⓘ innocence ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
families ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-war Paris ⓘ |
| writer | Albert Lamorisse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfCannesScreening | 1956 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Red Balloon Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flight of the Red Balloon