Short of the Week
The Black Balloon
From the director of Uncut Gems
Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie · Starring Mustafa Bekiroglu, Kennon Bltut, Eleonore Hendricks, Francesca LaPrelle · 2012
After losing all of its friends, a lone black balloon drifts through the crowded streets of New York City in search of some semblance of companionship.
An early New York fable from the Safdie brothers, melancholy and playful by turns, seen through the eyes of a drifting balloon.
The black balloon, an alien in a crowded land, searches for some semblance of companionship after losing all of its friends.
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