Le ballon rouge
A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
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"Wow, I thought of this film recently and remember it fondly. So, I looked it up on IMDb, hoping that this hadn't been a dream, and that it really existed. I wish I could see this film again today. A little boy is chosen by a red balloon, which colours his otherwise dreary, grey days. I was shown this film in class in kindergarten (late '70s) and again in grade school, I believe. When I first saw it, it was with a rather existential, perhaps detached, view of it. Not much reaction, really. I didn't quite know what to make of it. Fortunately, I didn't rely on a little gang o..."
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With its Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay, the film is (as of 2024) the only short film to win an Academy Award outside of the short film categories.
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A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.