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Uniform Title Ballon rouge (Motion picture)
Title Le ballon rouge = The red balloon / produced by Films Montsouris, a film by Albert Lamorisse ; director of production, Michel Pezin ; written and directed by Albert Lamorisse.

Publication Info. [Irvington, New York] : Janus Films, 2008.
1956.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J DVD RED BALLOON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J DVD THE RED BALLOON    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JDVD RED BALLOON c.3  Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department DVDs & Blu-rays  JDVD RED    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD RED    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's World Language  DVD FRE J-RED    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J DVD RED    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Foreign Language  DVD RED    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Audio-Visual Materials  JDVD RED BALLOON    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD R    Check Shelf

Description 1 videodisc (34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Criterion Collection
Criterion collection.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., restored High-Definition digital transfer.
Cast Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Wladimir Popof, Paul Perey, Renée Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Michel Pezin, Renaud Séchan, David Séchan, Children of Ménilmontat.
Credits Director of photography, Edmond Séchan ; editor, Pierre Gillette ; music, Maurice Le Roux.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Summary Pascal is a young French boy who discovers a stray balloon on the streets of Paris that seems to have a mind of its own and begins to follow Pascal everywhere. The two become inseparable, yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. A touching allegory of the magic powers of love and friendship.
Audience Not rated.
Note Special features: New theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation.
Awards Academy Awards, USA, 1957: Oscar - Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Original (Albert Lamorisse)
Cannes Film Festival, 1956: Golden Palm - Best Short film (Albert Lamorisse)
Language French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Balloons -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Schoolboys -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Friendship -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
20e Arrondissement (Paris, France) -- Drama.
Paris (France) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Short films.
Added Author Lamorisse, Pascal. Actor.
Sellier, Georges, 1893-1988. Actor.
Popof, Wladimir. Actor.
Perey, Paul. Actor.
Marion, Renée. Actor.
Lamorisse, Sabine. Actor.
Pezin, Michel. Actor. Director.
Renaud, 1952- Actor.
Séchan, David. Actor.
Lamorisse, Albert. Screenwriter. Director. Producer.
Films Montsouris.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title Red balloon
ISBN 9781604650303
Standard No. 715515028820
Music No. CC1746D Criterion Collection
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