---
title: 'Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hou Hsiao-Hsien'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flight-of-the-red-balloon-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826711/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

2007 · 113 min · Drama · France

Original title: Le Voyage du ballon rouge

## Synopsis

Flight of the Red Balloon 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien)
- **Screenplay:** [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien), [François Margolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-margolin)
- **Producer:** [François Margolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-margolin), [Kristina Larsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristina-larsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mark Lee Ping Bin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lee-ping-bin)
- **Editor:** [Jean-Christophe Hym](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-christophe-hym)

## Cast

- [Anna Sigalevitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-sigalevitch)
- [Juliette Binoche](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-binoche)
- [Hippolyte Girardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hippolyte-girardot)

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