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The Triplets of Belleville

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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 123 Fresh: 115  Rotten:8 Average Rating: 8.2/10
 
Consensus: An odd, but delightful charmer. An odd, but delightful charmer. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 81 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 26, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $6,798,854
Synopsis:
In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some... [More]
In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some box-shouldered thugs who spirit them off to Belleville (a surreal impression of 1930s-1950s Manhattan) where they are forced to pedal as part of a clandestine gambling operation. Bruno and Grandma set out across the sea in a paddle boat to rescue their boy, but once ashore they soon become lost, hungry and penniless--that is, until the frog-eating Triplets of Belleville, former scat-singing jazz prodigies turned experimental musicians, come to their rescue. Filled with inspired, twisted imagery, this nearly dialogue-free film is a crowd-pleaser of unusual power, with the strange, measured pacing of a dream, and a great soundtrack of bizarre, alternate-reality '30s jazz. It also offers a touching and believable evocation of a dog's life. A great throwback to the time before animation became dominated by CGI effects, TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is a very strange, very loving, and very French salute to obsession, affection, and persistence. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michael Robin, Monica Viegas

Director: Sylvain Chomet
Screenwriter: Sylvain Chomet
Producer: Didier Brunner, Paul Cadieux
Composer: Benoit Charest

DVD Info

Release:

May 4, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish
  • Closed Captioned

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Select Scenes
  • Featurettes - 1. Making Of
  • 2. ANIMATION
  • Music Video

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La historia se cuenta en imágenes y sonidos, y ese es un primer gran mérito a tener en cuenta en una época en que los personajes del cine suelen hablar demasiado.

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05/05/05 10:00 PM
Enrique Buchichio
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A bustling cornucopia of delights.

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05/04/05 09:44 PM
Nick Schager
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Something unique: mixing styles, eras and geography into a cocktail that is both funny and melancholy.

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03/14/05 02:02 PM
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03/05/05 10:48 PM
Ethan Alter
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If you've a heart and a pulse, you will like this movie.

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01/29/05 08:35 AM
Philip Martin
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08/07/04 09:38 AM
Peter Rainer
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'El estilo y la atmósfera en que se desarrolla son de una calidad e inteligencia que pocas veces podemos apreciar de este lado del Atlántico.'

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07/20/04 04:10 PM
Jorge Avila Andrade
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A beautiful but dull affair.

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06/04/04 12:12 PM
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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The Triplets of Belleville is an animated feature with two out-of-the-ordinary superheroes: a zealous old lady and a very fat dog.

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06/02/04 09:55 AM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Un beau, wildy amusement et un film original ! See this immediately- read on->

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05/15/04 10:27 PM
Emily Blunt
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Zee French, zay are different, non? Well, in this case, wonderfully so.

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05/13/04 01:53 PM
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Simpsons meet William Steig

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04/20/04 02:44 PM
Kent Turner
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Triplets could be described as Max Fleischer on acid.

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03/17/04 02:01 PM
Ken Hanke
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Its strange vacillation between the hopeful and the arbitrarily cold is still a mystery to me... It's not a great film, but then again, it is.

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03/08/04 01:09 PM
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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Words cannot replicate the world that Chomet has designed here; description is pointless, as Belleville simply must be experienced firsthand.

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03/06/04 08:33 PM
Dan Jardine
Cinemania
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Exploring imagery’s universal potential, the movie reaches artistic heights by allowing us to recognize ourselves in people and customs that initially seem brazenly foreign.

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03/04/04 03:46 PM
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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