TITLE...........: The Red Balloon (1956)
STARS...........: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
DIRECTOR........: Albert Lamorisse
WRITERS.........: Albert Lamorisse
GENRE...........: Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Drama
TOMATOMETER.....: 96/91
IMDB SCORE......: 8.1
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048980
RUNTIME.........: 34mn
SIZE............: 2.68 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 11000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: French FLAC 1.0
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2024-11-02
CHECKSUM........: 6394216545A50E1B77565413CB1DA827


Rarely has the spirit of childhood been evoked as exquisitely as in this Academy Award–winning cinematic fable, a fantasy with the texture of reality. On the streets of 1950s Paris, a young boy (played by director Albert Lamorisse’s son, Pascal) is launched on a miraculous adventure when he’s playfully pursued by a shiny red balloon that seems to have a mind of its own—until the harsh realities of the world interfere, setting the stage for a deeply moving finale. Shot in beautifully muted Technicolor, this beguiling allegory of innocence and transcendence has inspired generations of viewers to let their imaginations take flight