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Flight of the Red Balloon
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Flight of the Red Balloon

film by Hou Hsiao-hsien [2007]
Also known as: “Le Voyage du ballon rouge”
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  • Hou Hsiao-hsien

    …Voyage du ballon rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon). Set in Paris, it tells the story of a Chinese student who tends to the son of a distracted artist, a single mother played by Juliette Binoche. The red balloon that appears throughout the movie becomes a metaphor for a…

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    …Voyage du ballon rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon). Set in Paris, it tells the story of a Chinese student who tends to the son of a distracted artist, a single mother played by Juliette Binoche. The red balloon that appears throughout the movie becomes a metaphor for a…

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