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The main role is played by Lamorisse's son, Pascal. French singer Renaud and his brother play the twin brothers who appear at the end of the film, wearing red coats. They got the role through their uncle, Edmond Séchan, the director of photography for the film. [9] Release [ edit ] One Sunday, the balloon is told to stay home while Pascal and his mother go to church. However, it follows them through the open window and into the church, and they are led out by a scolding beadle.

Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or du court métrage/ Golden Palm; Best Short Film, Albert Lamorisse, 1956. [16] Harris, Aisha (13 December 2016). "La La Land's Many References to Classic Movies: A Guide". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339 . Retrieved 22 September 2018. The music video for "Son of Sam" by Elliott Smith, from his 2000 album Figure 8, is a direct homage to the film. a b Kennicott, Philip (23 November 2007). " 'Red Balloon' and 'White Mane': Childhood Colored by Adult Cynicism". The Washington Post . Retrieved 9 May 2020.Schreuders, Piet (8 February 2012). "Het Parijs van Le Ballon Rouge". Furore . Retrieved 9 May 2020. The film follows Pascal (Pascal Lamorisse), a young boy who discovers a large helium-filled red balloon on his way to school one morning. As he plays with it, he realizes it has a mind and will of its own. It begins to follow him wherever he goes, never straying far from him, and at times floating outside his apartment window, as his mother will not allow it inside.

Authors Myles P. Breen has identified the film as having thematic/stylistic qualities that are reflective of the poetic medium. This perspective is rationalised by Breen through quoting film theorist Christian Metz, who states, "in a poem there is no story line, and nothing intrudes between the author and the reader". The film, therefore, is categorised by Breen as being a filmic poem, partially due to its loose, non-narrative structure. [6] As the film was filmed in Paris after World War II, its mise-en-scène is quite dark and grey and therefore gives a depressing quality to the setting and mood. In contrast, the balloon's bright color acts as a symbol of hope and light within the film. [2] The cluster balloon ride in the closing scene could also be said to represent a religious or spiritual analogy. For example, when the balloon is destroyed, its "spirit" lives on as it is transferred to all the other balloons in the city, which some believe to be a metaphor for Christ. [3] Themes of self-realisation and loneliness are also present in the film. [4] Guitarist Keith Calmes' album Follow the Red Balloon [23] is named as an homage to the spirit of Pascal and Sabine.The film ends as all the other balloons in Paris come to Pascal's aid and take him on a cluster balloon ride over the city. THE RED BALLOON (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 October 1956 . Retrieved 25 March 2016. Crowther, Bosley (12 March 1957). "Screen: Documentary and Fantasy; 'Lost Continent,' 'Red Balloon' on Bill". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 May 2020. Lamorisse was a former auditor at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC), and the crew that he used for the making of the film was entirely composed of IDHEC graduates. [8] The film won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It also became popular with children and educators. It is the only short film to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.