Albert Lamorisse directs Pascal Lamorisse, Alain Emery and Laurent Roche in these two magical realist French shorts about young boys who form attachments to near fantastical possessions.

Albert Lamorisse didn’t just direct two of the most iconic short films of the 20th century but he also created the board game Risk!

Both of these 30 minute wonders have child protagonist and explore human nature, freedom and loss of innocence like fables.

Of his modern fairy tales, The Red Balloon is unmatched. Peerless. The lost streets of on-location post-war Paris; the colour against the drab, rainy grey; the spiritual conclusion. C’est fantastique!

10/7