Stowaway in the Sky (Le voyage en ballon)
German title: Die Reise im Ballon
Spain title: Viaje en globo
Russian title: Полет на шаре
Original title: Le voyage en ballon
Spain title: Viaje en globo
Russian title: Полет на шаре
Original title: Le voyage en ballon
Alternative titles:
Voyage en ballon
Voyage en ballon
Child adventure – France
Production year: 1958
Movie length: 81 minutes
Production year: 1958
Movie length: 81 minutes
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Writer: Albert Lamorisse
Cinematograph: Maurice Fellous, Guy Tabary
Music: Jean Prodromidès
Writer: Albert Lamorisse
Cinematograph: Maurice Fellous, Guy Tabary
Music: Jean Prodromidès
Movie description:
Ten-year-old Pascal accompanies his grandfather on a marvellous voyage in a hot air balloon, across France, over the Alps, and the Canary Islands.
An old aeronaut wagers he can fly across France in a balloon. He does so, with his grandson as a stowaway. Tou Tou, a mechanic, tracks the balloon’s flight from the ground in an ancient touring car. This turns out to be fortuitous for Pascal and his grandfather when a forest fire causes them to lose their craft.
Aerial footage of Paris, Alsace, Lorraine, and the Loire Valley highlights the tale
Albert Lamorisse’s first feature was made after the international success of »The Red Balloon«. It is also the first feature shot almost entirely from the air. It took 2 years of work on the helicopter used to still its vibrations before filming could begin. The plot is the merest wisp but it’s enough to hang an adventure on. A man has invented what he claims is the best mode of transport – a beautiful air balloon. Its altitude, direction & speed can all be controlled. Just as he is setting off on a demonstration flight his grandson climbs aboard, parrot in tow. What happens next is a lovely adventure in which their familiar world seen from a new perspective inexplicably becomes undiscovered country. Church spires become objects of threat & factory smokestacks are volcanoes. A stag hunt is no longer about the thrill of the chase or a bull run about the excitement of danger. There are forests to explore and mountains & old castles. But their balloon turns out to be not so controllable after all for it kidnaps washing on a clothesline & a guest at a wedding party in Brittany.
An old aeronaut wagers he can fly across France in a balloon. He does so, with his grandson as a stowaway. Tou Tou, a mechanic, tracks the balloon’s flight from the ground in an ancient touring car. This turns out to be fortuitous for Pascal and his grandfather when a forest fire causes them to lose their craft.
Aerial footage of Paris, Alsace, Lorraine, and the Loire Valley highlights the tale
Albert Lamorisse’s first feature was made after the international success of »The Red Balloon«. It is also the first feature shot almost entirely from the air. It took 2 years of work on the helicopter used to still its vibrations before filming could begin. The plot is the merest wisp but it’s enough to hang an adventure on. A man has invented what he claims is the best mode of transport – a beautiful air balloon. Its altitude, direction & speed can all be controlled. Just as he is setting off on a demonstration flight his grandson climbs aboard, parrot in tow. What happens next is a lovely adventure in which their familiar world seen from a new perspective inexplicably becomes undiscovered country. Church spires become objects of threat & factory smokestacks are volcanoes. A stag hunt is no longer about the thrill of the chase or a bull run about the excitement of danger. There are forests to explore and mountains & old castles. But their balloon turns out to be not so controllable after all for it kidnaps washing on a clothesline & a guest at a wedding party in Brittany.
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