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The Belleville Triplets (Les Triplettes de Belleville) - Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Sylvain Chomet

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An orphaned boy, Champion, is raised by his grandmother, Madame Souza. Her gift of a tricycle starts a craze for cycle racing that becomes the cornerstone of their life together. After years of relentless training, Champion makes it to the Tour de France, the toughest cycling event in the world. But alas, Champion and a handful of other top competitors are mysteriously kidnapped by a pair of sinister crooks with hangdog expressions.

Supported by her faithful sidekick, her fat and flatulent dog Bruno, Madame Souza sets off to rescue her beloved Champion. An epic adventure leads them across the Atlantic to a vast seaport metropolis named Belleville, headquarters of the notorious French Mafia. Lost and confused in the threatening darkness of the great city, Madame Souza and Bruno encounter the Belleville Triplets. In their youth, a glamorous close-harmony act, these three batty old ladies are now a bizarre jazz combo. Madame Souza joins the band. At their very first gig, she discovers Champion is being held captive by the Mafia Godfather himself! All hell breaks loose, and the chase is on!

Do Madame Souza, her dim dog and the musical Triplets have what it takes to outsmart the ruthless French Mafia and release poor Champion from its clutches?

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Film animation France French bike cycle mafia Tour de France music comedy

Persons of interest

Michèle Caucheteux
Jean-Claude Donda
Michel Robin
Monica Viegas
Sylvain Chomet .... Screenwriter
Sylvain Chomet .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2004: Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (Benoît Charest - music, Sylvain Chomet - lyrics), Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (Sylvain Chomet)
Annie Awards 2004: Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production (Sylvain Chomet), Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Sylvain Chomet)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2003: Nominated: Best Film not in the English Language (Didier Brunner, Sylvain Chomet)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2003: Won: Best Foreign-Language Film, 2nd place Best New Filmmaker (Sylvain Chomet)
British Independent Film Awards 2003: Nominated: Best Foreign Film
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2004: Nominated: Best Animated Feature
Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2004: Won: Best animation, Funniest comedy, Best composer (Benoît Charest, Mathieu Chedid); Nominated: Best film with subtitles, Best film
Copenhagen International Film Festival 2003: Won: Jury Special Prize (Sylvain Chomet), Nominated: Golden Swan (Sylvain Chomet)
César Awards 2004: Won: Best Music Written for a Film (Benoît Charest); Nominated: Best Film (Sylvain Chomet), Best First Work (Sylvain Chomet)
International Press Academy Satellite Awards 2004: Won: Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Independent Spirit Awards 2004: Nominated: Best Foreign Film (Sylvain Chomet)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2004: Won: Best Animation, Best Music Score (Benoît Charest, Mathieu Chedid)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2004: Nominated: Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Feature Film: Animated - Sound (Eric De Vos, Laurent Quaglio)
New York Film Critics Circle 2003: Won: Best Animated Film
Online Film Critics Society 2004: Nominated: Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Language Film
San Diego Film Critics Society 2003: Won: Best Animated Film
Seattle Film Critics 2003: Won: Best Animated Feature

Studios and distributors:

Sony Pictures Releasing

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Theatrical report

Bravo!

The Belleville Triplets is a brilliant animated film that takes you deep into the darkest recesses of Sylvain Chomet's twisted brain. It's like The adventures of Baron Munchausen meets Brazil meets Spirited away. All the characters are floating in a dream-world that has very little connection with reality (let alone anyone else's dreamscape) but which is so real that you can't help believing in it.

I recommend this film for everyone with a twisted view of life, or even just a slightly bent one.