THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
La course du ballon rouge

Inspired in part by Albert Lamorisse's Palme d'Or winning 1956 classic The Red Balloon (also screening in this year's festival), Hou Hsiao-hsien's engaging and serene new film is heartbreakingly beautiful, graced with a truly magnificent performance from Juliette Binoche.

Binoche is Suzanne, the proprietor of a marionette theatre and the single mother of a lonely boy named Simon (Simon Iteanu) who spends his days with his Chinese au pair. The two watch as the adults around them come apart at the seams, with joy and anguish, love and hatred… while a mysterious red balloon drifts across the Parisian landscape. A must-see for lovers of outstanding world cinema.

France 2007 – Drama [113 mins]
Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
With: Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot

Rating: This film has not been classified.
The film is suitable for (PG) that which the film organizers judges that the film is suitable. Parents who would like more information about content of any film in the A.F. French Film Festival program should contact adelaide@af.org.au

Session

FILMS

PARIS
13m2 (18+)
AFTER HIM
THE AGE OF MAN (MA15+)
A SECRET
CHRYSALIS
COULD THIS BE LOVE?
CRIME INSIDERS (18+)
THE DINNER GUEST (PG)
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (PG)
GOTTA DANCE!
HAVE MERCY ON US ALL
THE HOUSE (PG)
IN MOM'S HEAD (PG)
INTIMATE ENEMIES
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
LOVE SONGS
MOLIERE (PG)
ODETTE TOULEMONDE (PG)
THE PRICE TO PAY
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN
TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA
UV
WAITING FOR SOMEONE (18+)
WATER LILIES
WICKED WEEKEND
THE YEAR AFTER

DOCUMENTARIES

ANIMALS IN LOVE (G)
IN ANOTHER PLACE (18+)
LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL (PG)
LET'S SAY... (PG)

FAMILY

AZUR & ASMAR (G)
BIG CITY (PG)
RED BALLOON / WHITE MANE (G)

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