He feels like a bloated balloon; he wonders if he still breathes. He bumps into a girl who once sat next to him at school, he wonders if it means anything to revisit the memories of secondary school. Or does he merely want to prove how incapable of breathing they all have become? Once she dreamt about becoming a dancer, now she works as a yoga instructor, teaching others as well as herself to breathe properly. Balloon vividly portrays the disillusionment, loneliness and nostalgia of people who have been working for almost a decade. Just how jaded have we all become?
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Chan Tai-Lee Director · Leung Chi Fung Cinematographer Kathy Leung Ka-Yi Costume designer
First release September 22, 2010 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Fresh Wave
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Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
氣球
Original language
Cantonese
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Cantonese
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Hong Kong SAR China · September 22, 2010
Limited theatrical · 5th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
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