Landmark Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Blvd
310.281.8223
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The Red Balloon
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Nov 23, 2007 – Nov 29, 2007
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$9.50
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In the early 1950s, cinemagician Albert Lamorisse created a new French board game, The Conquest of the World — or, for Americans, Risk. Concurrently, he created two other all-ages allegories: The Red Balloon and White Mane. Both short films are microscopic rather than macroscopic by design, and relish in their all-win arithmetic and enchanting elegance. The ethereal, Palme d'Or-charmed Red Balloon is a near-wordless optimist's ode to friendship, following a boy and his new pal, a peppy red balloon, during their magical meander through the Parisian Menilmontant neighborhood. With equal economy, White Mane captures the obstacle-overcoming love between Folco the trainer and the titular, untamable stallion.
