The Flight of the Red Balloon (Le Voyage du ballon rouge) (NR)

synopsis

A precious young boy, Simon must deal with the increasing fragility of his mother, the loving yet preoccupied Suzanne.
Completely immersed in her own tribulations, Suzanne hires Song, a Taiwanese film student, to help care for Simon. Together with Song, a unique extended family is formed, utterly interdependent yet lost in separate thoughts and dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.