A plain story very well told, shown, staged and acted. A very busy mother of a beautiful and talented little boy about 5 years old and a Taiwanese nurse, clever and tender-hearted (who is also a cinema student), living together daily in Paris a life full of its normal joys, daily tasks, little dramas and annoyances with much sensitivity and intelligence in a very natural, real and true atmosphere. And the red balloon? The red balloon is a symbol of freedom and poetry in that atmosphere. It appears and disappears in the air and the sky, floating always above the roofs and skimming windows and skylights now and then as something fanciful. A goody-goody movie in which stands out above all the exceptional acting of Juliette Binoche as the mother in one of the best roles I have seen of her. Remarkable is also the acting of Hippolyte Girardot as the little child.
Review of Flight of the Red Balloon
