"Belleville Rendez-vous" redirects here. For the song from the film, see Belleville Rendez-vous (song).
The Triplets of Belleville
French theatrical release poster
French
Les Triplettes de Belleville
Directed by
Sylvain Chomet
Written by
Sylvain Chomet
Produced by
Viviane Vanfleteren
Regis Ghezelbash
Colin Rose
Starring
Béatrice Bonifassi
Lina Boudreault
Michel Robin
Edited by
Dominique Brune
Chantal Colibert Brunner
Dominique Lefever
Music by
Ben Charest
Production companies
Les Armateurs
Champion
Vivi Film
France 3 Cinéma
RGP France
BBC Bristol
BBC Worldwide
Distributed by
Diaphana Films (France)
Cinéart (Belgium)[1]
Alliance Atlantis (Canada)[1]
Tartan Films (United Kingdom)
Release dates
18 May 2003 (2003-05-18) (Cannes)
11 June 2003 (2003-06-11) (France)
25 June 2003 (2003-06-25) (Belgium)
29 August 2003 (2003-08-29) (United Kingdom)
Running time
78 minutes
Countries
France
Belgium
Canada
United Kingdom
Languages
French
English
Portuguese
Budget
$9.5 million[2]
Box office
$14.8 million[3]
The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet.[4] It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The film is Chomet's first feature film and was an international co-production among companies in France, Belgium, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The film features the voices of Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, and Monica Viegas. There is little dialogue; much of the narrative is conveyed 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 Paris, New York City, Montreal and Quebec City[5]). She is accompanied by Champion's loyal and 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 and has since gained a cult following.[6] The film was nominated for two Academy Awards—Best 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.[7]
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^Curiel, Jonathan (29 December 2003). "For caricaturist Chomet, creator of 'Triplets of Belleville,' it's a long way from Disney". SFGate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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