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The Flight of the Red Balloon (Le Voyage du ballon rouge)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | April 4, 2008 |
| Running time: | 115 minutes |
| Cast: | Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Simon Iteanu, Fang Song, Louise Margolin |
| Director: | Hsiao-hsien Hou |
| Producer: | François Margolin, Kristina Larsen |
| Writer: | Hsiao-hsien Hou, François Margolin |
| Distributor: | IFC First Take |
Description: A precious young boy, Simon must deal with the increasing fragility of his mother, the loving yet preoccupied Suzanne.Completely immersed in her own tribulations, Suzanne hires Song, a Taiwanese film student, to help care for Simon. Together with Song, a unique extended family is formed, utterly interdependent yet lost in separate thoughts and dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.
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