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'Flight of the Red Balloon'

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Inspired by Albert Lamorisse's enchanted "Red Balloon" of 1956, Hou Hsiao-hsien's first French-language film shows why the Taiwanese master is considered one of the world's great filmmakers.

In Paris, a young boy named Simon (Simon Iteanu) has two women in his life: his mother, Suzanne ( Juliette Binoche), a puppeteer and voice artist who is preoccupied with a new show; and Song (Song Fang),...

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