Flight of the Red Balloon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-30

Languages:

French, Mandarin

Countries:

France, Taiwan

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (3256 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

Drama Family

Cast:

Juliette Binoche Hippolyte Girardot Simon Iteanu Fang Song

Writer:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Franèois Margolin

Fullplot:

In Paris, Chinese cinema student Song Fang is hired to work as the nanny of Simon by his divorced mother Suzanne, who works voicing marionettes in a theater. Suzanne is having troubles with her tenant Marc, who does not pay the rent, while she waits for the return of her older daughter Louise, who lives with her father in Brussels.

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