You won't get any prizes for guessing the provenance of the title of this charming little cross between 'La Ronde' and 'The Red Balloon' that delightfully does for Hampstead what the latter did for Paris.
Like the classic 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' the youthful characters communicate with each other only in song, but it's unlike Demy's earlier film the conclusion is far more sweet than bitter.
Although inevitably characterised by the usual sixties gimmicks like zooms and shots through a fisheye lens, they're so gracefully employed by veteran cameraman Wolfgang Suschitzky that they don't in the slightest compromise the delicate mood.
Like the classic 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' the youthful characters communicate with each other only in song, but it's unlike Demy's earlier film the conclusion is far more sweet than bitter.
Although inevitably characterised by the usual sixties gimmicks like zooms and shots through a fisheye lens, they're so gracefully employed by veteran cameraman Wolfgang Suschitzky that they don't in the slightest compromise the delicate mood.