page_title: Honeymoon in a Balloon
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: Honeymoon in a Balloon / Plot
caption_attribution_description: English: Still from the 1908 Georges Méliès film L'Ascension de la rosière.
context_page_description: L'Ascension de la rosière, released in the United States as Honeymoon in a Balloon and in Britain as The Ascension of a Communicant, was a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès.
context_section_description: At a May Day festival, a young bride-to-be is crowned the May Queen. Her bridegroom decides to take a flight with a balloonist who has set up at a nearby fairground. The bride, running to join him, arrives just as the balloon is lifting off; not quite able to get into the basket, she is caught by the balloon's anchor as it floats into the clouds. Onlookers, realizing what has happened, make a mad dash to keep up with the balloon, but their hectic chase proves futile. Bride and balloon make a crash landing through the ceiling of a large hall, where the town mayor and his worthies are banqueting. The couple are finally reunited, and the bride has her May Queen crown of flowers restored to her as all celebrate the safe conclusion of the adventure.
caption: The onlookers chase the balloon in another production still
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