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The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville
The film post features several characters riding bikes with information about the film surrounding them
French release poster
Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Produced by Didier Brunner
Paul Cadieux
Regis Ghezelbash
Colin Rose
Viviane Vanfleteren
Written by Sylvain Chomet
Starring Béatrice Bonifassi
Lina Boudreault
Michel Robin
Music by Benoît Charest
Edited by Dominique Brune
Chantal Colibert Brunner
Dominique Lefever
Production
company
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)
Release date
  • 11 June 2003 (2003-06-11) (France)
Running time
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 AwardsBest 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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