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The Triplets of Belleville

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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 124 Fresh: 116  Rotten:8 Average Rating: 8.2/10
 
Consensus: An odd, but delightful charmer.
 

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Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor

Runtime: 81 mins

Theatrical Release: 29-08-2003

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... 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. [More]

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:

Apr 5, 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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Forges an all new narrative and visual style that's so winning it lingers in the mind long after the credits roll.

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08/14/03
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It may clock in at a crisp 80 minutes, yet a single viewing can barely do justice to this richly detailed and often playfully macabre adventure.

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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
Enrique Buchichio
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A bustling cornucopia of delights.

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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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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
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If you've a heart and a pulse, you will like this movie.

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Philip Martin
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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
Jorge Avila Andrade
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A beautiful but dull affair.

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06/04/04
Forrest Hartman
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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
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
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
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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05/10/04
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