Much more modest in scope,it's the story of an old scientist and his grandson (the little star of his precedent short) who travel all above France, from north to south in a balloon.It was a technical tour De force ,for it was filmed in "Helivision" movie camera on a helicopter,a technique which was reportedly used later in the James Bond saga.No optical effects,quite a feat! The budget was certainly rather comfortable at a time when color and wide screen were not that common in France the cinematography is of course splendid and the score is up to scratch. "Le Voyage En Ballon ",although Pascal ,its young hero ,was taken away for a journey around the world by balloons,is not really a sequel. Albert Lamorisse was a specialist of works aimed at the children's market his first movies were shorts :'Bim" (a collaboration with Prévert),"Crin blanc" generally considered his towering achievement,and "Le Ballon Rouge"which is much more popular abroad than in France (although the story was in many textbooks in the early sixties).
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