The Flight of the Red Balloon (Le Voyage du ballon rouge)

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Cast: Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot, Louise Margolin

(IFC First Take, 2007) Rated: PG-13

US theatrical release date: 4 April 2008 (Limited release)

UK theatrical release date: 14 March 2008 (General release)

[7 May 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

A Bit Happy and a Bit Sad

In Hou Hsiao-hsien's first French film, interactions are mirrored and refracted, images of images, reflections of longing.
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