The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a ...

Mina has a panic attack at the checkout of a DIY shop and falls into Pierre's arms. This is the stor...

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no vis...

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen...

Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organizatio...

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as lett...

Jojo, a Filipino artist in Paris who has had many lovers, but constantly finds himself desperate to ...

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as thei...

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great...

Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids....

After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf ...

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon'...

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut...

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her ...

An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with ...

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the fil...

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fig...

Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who ...

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker a...

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while hi...