| Director | | Albert Lamorisse | Filmography
1947 Djerba (doc.)
1950 Bim le petit âne (short)
1952 Crin Blanc (short)
1956 Le Ballon rouge (short)
1962 Le Songe de chevaux sauvages (short)
1960 Le Voyage en ballon
1965 L’Ange dit Fifi la Plume
1978 Le Vent des amoureux (doc.)
Biography
He was born in Paris in 1922 and began making films in the late 40s. He quickly achieved international recognition for the poetic quality of his short and medium-length films about children and the imagination. He died in a helicopter accident near Tehran in 1970 while shooting a documentary, Le Vent des amoureux.
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Children Screening
Red Balloon / Albert Lamorisse | The film is about the friendship between a little boy and a magical balloon in Paris in the 1950s. A boy frees a balloon tied to a streetlight.To the surprise of the neighbourhood, the balloon follows him in the streets of Paris, making the other children jealous.
| | Director: | Albert Lamorisse | | Script: | Albert Lamorisse | | Cinematography: | Edmond Séchan | | Editing: | Pierre Gillette | | Sound: | Pierre Vuillemin | | Music: | Maurice Leroux | | With: | Pascal Lamorisse (the little boy), Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey | | Producer: | Albert Lamorisse | | Production: | Films Montsouris, France | | Production Country: | France | | Format: | 35mm Color | | Duration: | 36' | | Production Year: | 1956 |
| Screening Schedule | | OLYMPION: | Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:00 | | Return |
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