Flight of the Red Balloon
2008 · directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Rating
- 72/100
- Hit
- no
The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' 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.
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, rates 72/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Juliette Binoche
- Simon Iteanu
- Song Fang
- Hippolyte Girardot
- Louise Margolin
- Anna Sigalevitch
- Flore Vannier-Moreau
- Charles-Edouard Renault
- Aneliese Roettger
- Damien Maestraggi
Crew
- Mark Lee Ping-Bing — Director of Photography
- Jean-Christophe Hym — Editor
- Liao Ching-sung — Editor
- François Margolin — Writer
- Hou Hsiao-hsien — Writer
More from Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Dust in the Wind (1986) — 86/100 · hit
- A City of Sadness (1989) — 86/100 · hit
- A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — 85/100 · hit
- The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985) — 84/100 · hit
- The Puppetmaster (1993) — 81/100 · hit
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
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