Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon
©BAC Films 2007
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by	Hou Hsiao-hsien François Margolin
Produced by	Kristina Larsen François Margolin
Starring	Juliette Binoche Hippolyte Girardot
Cinematography	Pin Bing Lee
Edited by	Jean-Christophe Hym Ching-Song Liao
Release dates	May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17) (Cannes Film Festival) January 30, 2008 (2008-01-30) (France)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	France Taiwan
Language	French

Flight of the Red Balloon (French: Le voyage du ballon rouge) is a 2007 French-Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is the first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, and 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's first non-Asian film. It references the classic 1956 French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007.^[1]