3:00 p.m.	The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse (France, 1956)

(Le ballon rouge). This nearly wordless poetic fantasy tells of a young boy’s friendship with a red balloon that seems to have a mischievous mind of its own. Their adventures through the streets of Paris are shot in breathtaking color, all the more vivid in this new print.

The Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s film inspired by The Red Balloon, screens in the Asian American Film Festival on Saturday, March 22.

• Written by Lamorisse. Photographed by Edmond Séchan. With Pascal Lamorisse. (34 mins, In French with English subtitles, Color)

Followed by:
White Mane
Albert Lamorisse (France, 1953)

New Print

(Crin-Blanc). In the rugged countryside of the Camargue in southern France, bands of wild horses roam free. This rural counterpoint to the urban Red Balloon explores the bond between a boy and the proud horse who trusts him but will never be tamed.

• Written by Lamorisse. Photographed by Edmond Séchan. With Alain Emery. (47 mins, English voiceover narration, B&W)

• (Total running time: 81 mins, 35mm, From Janus/Criterion Collection)