The Red Balloon is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-four-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris.
The building hosting Pascal's apartment (15 rue du Transvaal)
This view is seen in the film. The photo is taken from the side of the building hosting the bakery (intersection of rue des Envierges and rue du Transvaal)
Parc de Belleville
Stairs in the Parc de Belleville
Albert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer of short films which he began making in the late 1940s. He also invented the strategic board game Risk in 1957.
Albert Lamorisse
Lamorisse Helicopter memorial, in Karaj Dam, winter 2018