The Red Balloon
Comedy • NR • 1956 • 34 min
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Man, I first watched this movie in my French class and it was amazing! This movie makes you feel like everything will be okay in the end 😊
Who doesn't like a balloon? More importantly, who does? Pennywise, that's who.
It was nice. And kinda surprisingly sad.
A simple but lovely short movie. How emotional can a relationship of a child and balloon can be? Here’s the anwser.
There's really not much to it, but it was enough to make me smile.
I really enjoyed this movie as a kid, but didn't understand why. Now I know I'm queer & autistic. Suddenly it all makes sense.
Reminds me of elementary school. For some reason I had to watch this like 5 times as a child through school
My art teacher show us this when I was in first year high school, I appreciate it more now it has great message on materialism.
Strange and touching, one of the most lovely short films ever made.
Surprisingly emotional for something so simple.
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