The Triplets of Belleville
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French release poster
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| Directed by | Sylvain Chomet |
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Didier Brunner Paul Cadieux Regis Ghezelbash Colin Rose Viviane Vanfleteren |
| Written by | Sylvain Chomet |
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Béatrice Bonifassi Lina Boudreault Michel Robin |
| Music by | Benoît Charest |
| Edited by | Dominique Brune Chantal Colibert Brunner Dominique Lefever |
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Les Armateurs
Production Champion Vivi Film France 3 Cinéma RGP Productions With the participation of: Canal+, Sofica Gimages 3, Cofimage 12, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Charente, Région Poitou-Charentes With the support of: CNC, Fonds Film in Vlaanderen, Nationale Loterij of Belgium In association with: BBC Bristol, BBC Worldwide |
| Distributed by | Diaphana Films (France) Sony Pictures Classics (US) Tartan Films (UK) |
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Running time
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78 minutes |
| Country | France Belgium Canada United Kingdom |
| Language | French English Portuguese |
| Budget | $9.5 million |
| Box office | $14.8 million |
The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom. The film is Chomet's first feature film and was an international co-production among companies in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Canada.
The film features the voices of Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, and Monica Viegas; there is little dialogue, the majority of the film story being told through song and pantomime. It tells the story of Madame Souza, an elderly woman who goes on a quest to rescue her grandson Champion, a Tour de France cyclist, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia for gambling purposes and taken to the city of Belleville (an amalgam of New York City, Montreal and Quebec City). She is accompanied by Champion's loyal but obese hound, Bruno, and joined by the Triplets of Belleville, music hall singers from the 1930s, whom she meets in the city.
The film was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique style of animation. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards—Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Belleville Rendez-vous". It was also screened out of competition (hors concours) at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
The story focuses on Madame Souza, an elderly woman raising her young grandson, Champion. Souza notices her grandson is sad and lonely, hinted as due to the loss of his parents, so she first tries to get him interested in the piano. When this fails, she buys him a puppy named Bruno to cheer him up. Although he is initially happy, he quickly becomes melancholic once again. After discovering that Champion has a keen interest in road bicycle racing, because it is implied that Champion's deceased parents were cyclists, she buys him a tricycle. Years later, Champion becomes a professional cyclist with Souza as his coach.
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