- HD 1080
- Runtime: 117m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Taiwan
- Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Stars: Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot, Louise Margolin
- keywords: paris, france, single parent, nanny, neglect, babysitter, brussels, belgium, balloon, shadow puppet
- Production_studio: 3H Productions, Margo Films, Les Films du Lendemain, CinéCinéma, Sofica Poste Image, La Région Île-de-France, Soficinéma 3, Canal+, ARTE France Cinéma, Musée d'Orsay
- providers: AMC Plus Apple TV Channel, AMC+, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- The Flight of the Red Balloon is featured in the top rankings of 2007
- #26 in Top Family Movies of 2007
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.