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Child Star, Now Grown Up, Re-releases 'Red Balloon' Pascal Lamorisse, the child star of the award-winning short film "The Red Balloon," is re-releasing the popular children's film directed by his father, Albert.

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Pascal Lamorisse, the child star of the award-winning short film "The Red Balloon," is re-releasing the popular children's film directed by his father, Albert.

Lamorisse says the story about a boy whose only friend is a balloon still holds up in 2007. He tells Madeline Brand he is working on a sequel.