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The Red Balloon, Anthony Clark. London: Oberon Books, 2000, ISBN 978-1-84002-079-3. Accessed February 12, 2018.

Harris, Aisha (13 December 2016). "La La Land's Many References to Classic Movies: A Guide". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339 . Retrieved 22 September 2018. Breen, Myles P. (1978). "The Rhetoric of the Short Film". Journal of the University Film Association. 30 (3): 3–13. JSTOR 20687433. The theme of innocence is persistent and is one of the main focuses of the film. Through a child's gaze, a cynical world is transformed into an almost magical one, highlighting the power of the innocence and imagination of children. [5] One Sunday, the balloon is told to stay home while Pascal and his mother go to church. However, it follows them through the open window and into the church, and they are led out by a scolding beadle.The Red Balloon ( French: Le ballon rouge) is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-four-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris. The A to Z of French Cinema, P.xxx) 1956: December: Albert Lamorisse's Le Ballon rouge wins the Prix Louis-Delluc Accessed February 12, 2018. The film, in its American television premiere, was introduced by then-actor Ronald Reagan as an episode of the CBS anthology series General Electric Theater on 2 April 1961. [10] Guitarist Keith Calmes' album Follow the Red Balloon [23] is named as an homage to the spirit of Pascal and Sabine.

The film premiered and opened nationwide in France on 19 October 1956; it was released in the United Kingdom on 23 December 1956 (as the supporting film to the 1956 Royal Performance Film The Battle of the River Plate, which ensured it a wide distribution) and in the United States on 11 March 1957. Bob Godfrey's and Zlatko Grgic's animated film, Dream Doll (1979), has a very similar plot and ending to the film, except instead of a red balloon, the protagonist is obsessed with an inflatable nude woman. THE RED BALLOON (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 October 1956 . Retrieved 25 March 2016. When the film was re-released in the United States in late 2006 by Janus Films, Entertainment Weekly magazine film critic Owen Gleiberman praised its direction and simple story line that reminded him of his youth, and wrote: "More than any other children's film, The Red Balloon turns me into a kid again whenever I see it...[to] see The Red Balloon is to laugh, and cry, at the impossible joy of being a child again." [12]

Tessonneau, Rémy; Ferguson, Charles (1957). "The French Institute Of Cinema (IDHEC)". Journal of the University Film Producers Association. 10 (1): 4–6. JSTOR 20686478. Schreuders, Piet (8 February 2012). "Het Parijs van Le Ballon Rouge". Furore . Retrieved 9 May 2020.