The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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80 min - Animation | Comedy - 11 June 2003 (France)

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Ratings: 7.7/10 from 26,379 users Metascore: 91/100
Reviews: 299 user | 155 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com

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.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	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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Storyline

Madame Souza, an elderly woman, instills in her grandson Champion (for who she acts as his guardian) a love of cycling. As a young man, he does become a dedicated road racer with his grandmother as his trainer. During a mountainous leg of the Tour de France in which Champion is racing, he goes missing. Evidence points to him being kidnapped. Indeed, he and two of his competitors were kidnapped, the kidnappers who want to use the threesome's unique skills for nefarious purposes. With Champion's overweight and faithful pet dog Bruno at her side, Madame Souza goes looking for Champion. Their trek takes them overseas to the town of Belleville. Without any money, Madame Souza and Bruno are befriended and taken in by three eccentric elderly women, who were once the renowned jazz singing group The Triplets of Belleville. The triplets help Madame Souza and Bruno try to locate and rescue Champion. Written by Huggo

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor See all certifications »

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Official site [France] | Official site [Russia] | See more »

Country:

France | Belgium | Canada | UK | Latvia

Language:

French | Portuguese (Song "Uma Casa Portuguesa")

Release Date:

11 June 2003 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Bienvenidos a Belleville See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£129,925 (UK) (7 September 2003) (60 Screens)

Gross:

$7,002,255 (USA) (4 July 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Argentina: 80 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Canada: 78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Visible in the Triplets' apartment is a framed poster for Mr. Hulot's Holiday. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the two waiters are running to the Mafia in the restaurant, the left-hand waiter's hair color is black, but in the next take his hair is gray. See 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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Crazy Credits

After the credits have rolled we see the Pedalo rent guy waiting on the
beach, looking out to sea and checking his wrist watch. See more »

Connections

References Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) See more »

Soundtracks

"Belleville Rendezvous"
Music by Benoît Charest
Lyrics by Sylvain Chomet See more »

The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Les triplettes de Belleville (original title)

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