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Humorous Feel Good Exciting
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Getting Home Rescue Danger Escapades Chase Friendship Kidnapping Heroes more...
Genres:
Animation Comedy Foreign Experimental Adventure Family
Place:
France
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Award Winner Critically Acclaimed
Humor:
Irreverent Humor
Style:
Surreal
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The Triplets of Belleville, 2003

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas, Béatrice Bonifassi

Directed by: Sylvain Chomet

Written by: Sylvain Chomet

Language: French, Portuguese

Country: France, Belgium, Canada, UK

Runtime: 80 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:7.7

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The Triplets of Belleville can be described as humorous, feel good, and exciting. The plot revolves around getting home, a rescue, and escapades. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. The Triplets of Belleville's main genres are comedy, foreign, and animation. In terms of style, it is experimental and is surreal. It is located in France. The Triplets of Belleville has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Triplets of Belleville

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.

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Language:	French, Portuguese
Country:	France, Belgium, Canada, UK
Release date:	29 August 2003
Runtime:	80 min

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Jean-Paul Donda

Michel Robin

Monica Viegas

Béatrice Bonifassi

as Triplets

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Los Angeles Times

Fast, funny, unexpected and uninhibited, The Triplets of Belleville may be animated, but it is also the product of an artistic vision every bit as rigorous as any lofty Cannes prize-winner. Hearing about a film this special isn't enough. It demands... Full Review

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by: Kenneth Turan

USA Today

Both a nostalgic throwback to the silent-picture era and an ultra-modern animated tale, the slyly humorous Triplets of Belleville is artful, engrossing and oddly touching. Full Review

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by: Claudia Puig

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I love animated films with style, and this is one. No dialog required, it's a gem to watch. Yes, it's slow paced, but so what? The fat dog and grandma were fun to watch. And that theme song! Try to get that one out of your head... May just buy this... Read and rate it

20.September.2010
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by: felixxx999
felixxx999 rated this movie0/10

This is one bizzare film. It's about an old woman trying to find her grandson, who is kidnapped in the middle of a bike race. The animation is beautiful and original, and gives the film a unique personality. The Triplets of Belleville is not for... Read and rate it

06.December.2009
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by: Adam
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