During the wet rainy season in Paris, on the way home from school, a little boy picked up a bright red balloon floating on a street lamp, and was alone with him, but at the same time he was rejected by others. The bus manager refused. He got into the car with a balloon. The school teacher wouldn't let him into the school with a balloon. His mother secretly released his balloon out of the window. Children of the same age bullied him and ended the balloon's life with a slingshot. All the balloons in Paris came together and came to the little boy. He grabbed the colorful balloons and slowly rose to the sky. The whole film was like a poem, but filled with endless sadness and disappointment. .
The color spots in the whole film are very subtle, and the whole Paris is full of dark gray and low tones, which makes people feel depressed, stressed and unable to break free. The first encounter between a little boy and a balloon. The background is a half-dark and gloomy city. When the mother released the balloon, the walls of the whole building were blue, which formed a strong contrast with the bright red balloon. When the class was over, the children ran out, The clothes and schoolbags on the body are brightly colored, which are out of tune with the background environment. When the desire to destroy appears, a group of children like little devils are mainly dressed in gray and navy blue, which forms a sharp contrast with the little boy's red balloon. At the end of the film, the colorful balloons hidden in all corners of Paris flock to the sky together. The warm colors give people comfort and bring the film to a climax, and the little boy's childhood dream is also released.
The director of the whole film used a lot of long shots, like an uninvolved bystander keeping a certain distance from the little boy. At the beginning of the film, a long shot was used to describe the encounter between the little boy and the balloon, after the little boy was rejected by the bus. , he ran to the school alone, showing his loneliness and helplessness. After the balloon established a deep friendship with the little boy, the balloon followed the boy to play with him, and the lively music and long shots were for their pleasure. It adds color, and it is also the most exciting scene at the end of the film. The bad boys burst his balloon with a slingshot. With a bang, the earth was startled, which was in sharp contrast to the previous silence.
The red balloon was endowed with life and spirituality. The little boy deliberately hid in the corner to catch the balloon. The balloon hid in the corner to let the little boy return to pursue. He jumped nervously while avoiding the dog's bite, chasing the teacher's hat and making trouble with the blue balloon. Love at first sight, unwilling to leave the little boy until he was on the verge of persecution, the red balloon is a symbol of humanity in this film, and it is also a kind of support and companionship.
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