The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) (1956)

La Ballon Rouge , is a French film with no dialogue. I quite enjoyed this film , but I believe that if other people watched this. They may not understand the story line as there was no dialogue. This could be confusing and affect their opinion on the film entirely. Luckily , I did understand the story.

This film is about a boy and his beloved balloon. Together the boy and his balloon adventure down the streets of his home town. But with the troubled street bullies trying to take the balloon will they stay close and remain friends ?

The only real colour in this film is the balloon , which is red. The rest was mainly grey and black. Pretty dull colours. I believe that the directer wanted to show balloons as a key element of happiness, as the only bright colours were the balloons.

My favourite character was Pascal , the boy. I really liked him because he was very firm but friendly with the balloon. Giving the balloon commands like : ' Stay here ' or ' Follow me '.

My favourite camera shot in this film was , when Pascal let go of the balloon and ran inside. As the balloon floated up , Pascal ran up the flat's stairs to the top. Where he ran out onto his balcony and caught the balloon while it was floating upwards. This was a long shot and a magnificent shot indeed.