.... Although Lamorisse's works are not many and most of them are short films, he is a well-known director in the international film industry and has won many important awards at international film festivals. Ramolis was a top student from the film school in Idhec, France. After graduation, he worked as a photographer at first, and only started to make short films in the late 1940s. In the 1950s, he shot two short films "White Horse" (Crin-Blanc, 1952) And "Le Ballon rouge" (1956) both won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, which beat other feature films (including Fellini's "Rouge") and won the Oscar for best original screenplay. Both of these short films are based on the fantasy world of children, and the picturesque image style makes people fascinated.
In the early 1960s, Ramolis turned to feature-length feature films, including Le Voyage en ballon (1960), which won the Cannes International Catholic Firm Award, and The Man with Feathers, which won the Cannes Technical Award. - Fifi la plume (1965), although the reviews were very good, it was not as popular as the previous two short films. So Ramoris turned to documentaries, but unfortunately, he died in a helicopter crash in Tehran, Iran, in 1970. The documentary Le Vent des amoureux (1978), which was later edited from his leftover notes, was a visually stunning Iranian helicopter travelogue and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1979.
"Red Balloon" is a short film with a length of only 34 minutes. It has almost no dialogue. It relies entirely on actions and scenes to tell the story. It is suitable for audiences of all ages in any country. Maybe the younger children can understand it better. The plot tells the story of a young boy who saw a red balloon wrapped around a street light pole on his way to school. He couldn't help but rescue it, and then took the balloon to school and home. That balloon is like a sensible and naughty little elf, it won't fly away when you let go, follow the little boy step by step, and play hide-and-seek with the little boy. Sometimes the balloons would put more emphasis on sex than friends, and ran to grind with the blue balloons in the little girl's hands, but in the end they returned to the little boy obediently. This little boy who used to be lonely has a happy playmate since then...
Ramolis's handling method is very fresh and refined. The most lovely thing is to anthropomorphize the balloon, which makes the whole film full of fairy tales. Fun and glamour. There are quite a few interesting clips in the film, such as the little boy's grandmother throwing the red balloon out of the window, the balloon lingered around the balcony, waiting for the little boy to open the window and put it in the house. There are also little boys who go to the second-hand market and stop in front of an oil painting to admire the little girl in the painting. The red balloon finds a full-length mirror, and excitedly rises and falls in front of the mirror, intoxicated with self-indulgence. lifelike. The ending paragraph is full of surreal and dreamy colors. When the little boy's red balloon was shot by a group of urchins, colorful balloons from all over Paris flew to comfort him, and then carried the little boy up and floated across the streets of Paris. And the roof, drifting to the vast and distant sky... This
film is a fresh and sweet children's poem, whether you are a child or an adult, as long as you keep a pure heart, you will get a lot from it moved. The red balloon is like the dream that everyone had in childhood. We are also looking for that sincere friendship when we are lonely, and can accompany us to fly freely and fearlessly in the hustle and bustle of the world. Although at the end of the film, the little boy and the red balloon are forced to separate and can no longer be with each other, but I believe they will not forget each other because of this. I can't help but think of those playmates in my childhood. That kind of friendship is the most sincere and not intertwined with interests. Even if I grow up separated from each other, it is a precious memory that will never be forgotten in my heart.
Lamoris takes Paris in 1956 as the background of the film, and the filming locations are mostly concentrated in the Montmartre district. It was the winter soon after the war. Gray was the main color of the city. However, this lively and bright red balloon warmed the audience. of lonely minds. In the 1960s, the old houses in the Montmartre district were all razed and rebuilt, so the scenes in the film are no longer seen, and now it is even more nostalgic and nostalgic. The little boy in the film is played by Ramolis's six-year-old son Pascal, who at the beginning of the film also expresses his gratitude to the children of Montmartre, while also not forgetting the humorous and affectionate "To the whole of Paris. Thank you balloons".
9.5 points.
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