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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Sylvain Chomet
Writer:
Sylvain Chomet (written by)
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Release Date:
11 June 2003 (France) more
Plot:
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 20 nominations more
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User Comments:
Original, Impressive and Very Bizarre more (288 total)

Cast

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Béatrice Bonifassi ... Triplets (singing voice)
Lina Boudreau ... Triplets (voice)
Michèle Caucheteux ... (voice)
Jean-Claude Donda ... (voice)
Mari-Lou Gauthier ... Triplets (voice)
Charles Linton ... (singing voice) (as Charles Prévost Linton)
Michel Robin ... (voice)
Monica Viegas ... (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Triplets of Belleville (International: English title) (USA)
Belleville Rendez-Vous (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor.
Runtime:
Argentina:80 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Canada:78 min
Language:
French | Portuguese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Les Armateurs more

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Trivia:
"Roberte Rivette", the accordionist who plays her instrument atop a truck while following the cyclists in the Tour de France, represents Yvette Horner, the mega-selling artist who still records albums and plays her accordeon to large crowds in France. Horner recently described her own experiences as very similar to those of "Roberte Rivette" in "Les Triplettes de Belleville": she continued playing her accordeon along the Tour de France route with a big smile as insects ceaselessly were caught in her teeth. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Near the End, where the Triplets and Souza are going across the bay over the bridge, you see a ship passing under it into the harbour. However, when the Mafia goes over the edge into the funnel of the ship, It is leaving the harbour, not entering it. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Madame Souza: Is that it, then? Is it over, do you think? What have you got to say to Grandma?
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Movie Connections:
References The Penguin Parade (1938) more
Soundtrack:
Das wohltemperirte Clavier, Prelude no. 2 in C minor more

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Original, Impressive and Very Bizarre, 14 June 2005
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Madame Souza raises her grandson Champion and tries to make him happier with a baby dog, Bruno. However, the boy remains sad, and the grandmother gives a tricycle for him. The boy gets excited with the gift, and trained by Madame Souza along the years, he finally competes the Tour de France. When Champion is kidnapped by two MIBs from the French mafia, Madame Souza and Bruno travel to Belleville to rescue him, with the support of the elder singers, the Belleville Sisters.

What a wonderful surprise "Les Triplettes de Belleville" is! An original, impressive and very bizarre dark story, that recalls the style of Tim Burton, supported by an amazing music score. The scene on the sea, while playing Mozart's Mass in C Minor, is fantastic and maybe my favorite. The city of Belleville, visibly inspired in New York, with a fat Statue of Liberty, is impressive. The intentional exxageration in the proportions of the ships and sky-scrapers is amazing and stylish. The grotesque and ugly characters are very unusual for heroes and even villains, and this movie is basically the opposite of the animations of Pixar and Disney. Madame Souza has a shorter leg; Champion has deformed legs and long nose; Bruno is horribly fat; the MIBs are plane; their boss is very short; the old singers look like witches; in common, all of them are very ugly. I really recommend this movie for viewers that aim to see a fresh idea of animation, with dark comedy and weird adventure. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "As Bicicletas de Belleville" ("The Bicycles of Belleville")

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