Flight of the Red Balloon

Name: Flight of the Red Balloon
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Released: 2007
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Simon Iteanu, Fang Song, Louise Margolin

2007 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 4,234 VOTES · DIR. Hou Hsiao-hsien

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,166 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:22 (child) Hey, balloon!

00:11:16 Let's do it again.

00:15:10 I studied film.

00:23:01 Hi, how are you doing?

00:28:12 It needs a long, slow cook.

00:31:24 Any questions?

00:34:36 When will Marc get back?

00:38:52 (Song) I sort of understand.

00:42:04 And a grenadine juice.

00:46:07 I've been looking...

00:51:52 "And tonight, I distract myself by playing the guqin lute..."

00:58:15 Another one.

01:01:41 All to the good.

01:04:21 It's true that he's not that well off. At least, that's what I thought.

01:07:19 (man) Nice to learn on a piano like this.

01:11:04 You had insurance cover?

01:13:37 Anyhow, when it's done, you should only see the red balloon.

01:20:47 Leave me. I have much to do.

01:24:21 (Suzanne) It's Louise. She was three or four then. You weren't yet born.

01:27:54 How long have you been away writing your little book? I tell you, I'm sick of it.

01:32:11 Uh... no.

01:36:01 Multiplication.

01:45:44 You can sit down.

01:48:35 (child) Maybe they have scored a goal and he was the goalkeeper

Cast & Characters

Juliette Binoche Suzanne Hippolyte Girardot Marc Simon Iteanu Simon Fang Song Song Louise Margolin Louise Anna Sigalevitch Anna Charles-Edouard Renault Lorenzo Damien Maestraggi Aneliese Roettger Monique Monique Stalens Woman in Street

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,166

Dialogue density10.0 lines / min

First line00:01:22

Final line01:48:35

Production Record

DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien

LanguageFrench

Budget$3,000,000

IMDb votes4,234