Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 34 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.
- friendship
- paris
- france
- chase
- little boy
- balloon
- foot chase
- pursuit
- childhood
- unlikely friendship
- fleeing
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Pascal Lamorisse
Pascal, the Little Boy
Georges Sellier
The Irritated Schoolmaster
Vladimir Popov
A Tenant
Paul Perey
Pascal's Father
- Renée Marion — Pascal's Mother
- Sabine Lamorisse — Little Girl with Blue Balloon
- Michel Pezin
- Renaud — A Twin in Red
- David Séchan — A Twin in Red
- Directed
- Albert Lamorisse
- Written
- Albert Lamorisse
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 442 ratings
- Studio
- Films Montsouris
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
