this film is my favourite at the moment. everytime I think of seeing/hiring out a film I compare it to this one. and nothing is as good. though nothing really happens throughout the entire film, there is this unusual naturality about it, which captures those intricacies of life. Inspired by Albert Lamorisse's, children's classic THE RED BALLOON (1956)a short in which a young boy, played by his son, makes friends with a red balloon - THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON is about a struggling single mother (Juliet Binoche) living in Paris, doing her best to raise her seven-year-old son, Simon (Simon Iteanu), while preparing her latest puppet show. the lighting and performance is exquisite. and I catch myself dreaming of france.