Flight of the Red Balloon
Part of the BAMcinematek series Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche
Sun, Sep 20 at 2:30, 5:30, 8:30pm
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
With Juliette Binoche
(2007) 115min
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s homage to The Red Balloon takes the film’s key elements—a lonesome boy, a shiny balloon, and the meandering streets of Paris—and creates a rich, complex work flush with reflections on the loneliness of daily urban existence and the rejuvenative power of imagination. Binoche is magnificent as a harried single mother and puppeteer.