Solitary boys who find unlikely companions are the focus of The Red Balloon (1956) and White Mane (1953), two hauntingly beautiful fables from French filmmaker and photographer Albert Lamorisse ...
Like a lot of kids in the ’60s and ’70s, I first saw Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 French short, “The Red Balloon,” in elementary school — back when 16-millimeter prints of that magical, mysterious film ...