Synopsis
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.
2003 ‘Les Triplettes de Belleville’ Directed by Sylvain Chomet
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.
As Bicicletas de Belleville, 疯狂约会美丽都, 美丽城三重唱, Las trillizas de Belleville, Belleville Rendez-vous, Belleville randevú - Francia rémes, Appuntamento a Belleville, 벨빌의 세 쌍둥이, Trillingene fra Belleville, Трио из Бельвиля, Trion från Belleville, 佳麗村三姐妹
Is there a story? Barely.
Is there rich, witty dialogue? No.
Is there any dialogue? Nope.
Is it gorgeously animated? Yes, yes, yes.
The artwork animation on display in Sylvain Chomet's The Triplets of Belleville is absolutely stunning in its execution. The characters that reside in this wonderful, simplistic world of cycling and train-barking are undeniably singular, you've never quite seen characters like this before; whether it's Madame Souza's mound of a figure, potato-faced with Fraggle Rock eyes or the ridiculousness of Champion, the perpetual cyclist with his rope torso perched atop his bike, powered by his ham hock calves and the wind against his jib nose or the elderly Belleville triplets all looking like a geriatric Janice from the…
I’m a huge fan of cycling. I had serious aspirations of becoming a pro, but unfortunately I wasn’t a very gifted rider, unlike a lot of guys I raced with (some are now riding the Tour de France). I still cycle about six thousand kilometres a year and watch every race the that the TV broadcasts or that is streamed live through the internet. My biggest complain about The Triplets of Belleville - a short animated film about a cyclist who’s kidnapped during the world’s most famous cycling event - is therefore that it doesn’t feature enough cycling! The sequences that focus on the rider, his preparations and the actual cycling are amongst the best animated scenes I’ve ever witnessed:…
It turns out after watching the opening 20 minutes, that I recognised The Triplets of Belleville, the unique animation style, Bruno, Champion, the distorted proportions of size and grandma. Of course it turns out, this film was on UK TV a few years ago but I ended up turning it off and then forgetting about it.
But I remembered it the second I saw Bruno endearingly barking at the train each time it rumbled past - and I wonder what in earth possessed me to turn this film off those few years ago? Pah! It doesn't really matter.
The film, if to anyone's interest (which I strongly hope) is like a 1920's ode to family…
What a strange and fascinating throwback. This Oscar nominated film features hand drawn animation evocative of a bygone era (think 1930-1950), a focus on visual storytelling (with a notable lack of dialogue), and a dog that gets its tail run over by a toy train when it's a puppy and spends the rest of the film barking madly at every single train it sees. And There Are. A Lot. Of Trains.
The story is pretty strange - some mobsters kidnap a woman's cyclist son, and she enlists the help of an aged trio of musical performers to help enact his rescue. Along the way, there are boy scouts slapped, frogs blown up with hand grenades, mouse-men knocked out and impersonated (immousenated?), and the most eclectic mix of percussion instruments you could ever imagine. Recommended.
Added to: Animated Family Films Ranked
It's probably just me but The Triplets of Belleville is the most overrated film I've seen in awhile. Sporting a 7.8 on IMDB and a 94% tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes I expected to at least like this film. Instead I found the story to be completely uninteresting and boring. The animation was good I suppose, but even that didn't impress me much. Other than that I don't have much to say about it. I guess it just wasn't for me.
What a genuinely delightful weirdness of a movie! This was honestly so wholesome and easy to watch, I wish more people knew about it. This film kept me smiling from beginning to end, made me cringe and say what the fuck a few times but such a wonderful experience and so glad I watched this French classic.
• SH #52 - July 2019
Task 8. An animated foreign film.
Con nada de diálogo, un excelente montaje y hermosas imágenes se construye un universo narrativo enorme, que va más allá de la trama.
French animator Sylvain Chomet is one of my favourite animation directors of all time. He has only thus far directed two animated features and a short but oh, what masterpieces they are! Chomet’s first feature, the gloriously inventive Triplets of Belleville (aka Belleville Rendez-vous), has an unusual plot involving the kidnapping of cyclists and the efforts of an elderly woman, her obese dog Bruno and three aged former vaudeville stars to rescue them. Beautiful to look at (in its own grotesque way), Triplets of Belleville manages to combine a series of small ideas on a large canvas to create a world with its own rules and logic, where oceans can be crossed on pedalos and fat dogs can be used…
Oscar nominated for animated feature, this Canadian made film will take you back to the old days of Disney cartoons. Language is very minimal, proving that some stories don't require dialogue to propel them forward. Just like many of the old Mickey Mouse cartoons, the story in Triplets of Belleville is more in the 'whacky and funny' vein then modern day Pixar productions that are grounded. Some find Wiley Coyote surviving a 2,000lb falling on his head hilarious, while others more in a state of neutral. That's what I found difficult with the movie, was my ability to engage with it. I have become accustomed to modern day animated films proving to be more human than their live action counterparts.…
While the animation is expressive and quite amazing, the film is quite simplistic in story and characters.
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