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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
children's film
fantasy film
short film
academyAwardCategoryWon Best Original Screenplay
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Palme d'Or for Best Short Film NERFINISHED
centralTheme childhood
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
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
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

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