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The Flight of the Red Balloon
(
Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge
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Screening:
I
Time:
18:30
Date:
10/07/2008
Venue:
Siri Fort 1
Dir:
Hou Hsiao-hsien
France
2007
Colour/35 mm
/ 113 mins
Screening:
II
Time:
18:45
Date:
20/07/2008
Venue:
Siri Fort 2
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Simon, a precocious young boy, 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. Inspired by Albert Lamorisse's 1956 Academy Award-winning short film Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-Hsien expands on the film's key elements - a young boy, a red balloon, and Paris - to weave an achingly beautiful tale about the mysteries of familial bonds and the lingering effects that the past has on us.
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