The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

Les triplettes de Belleville (original title)

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PG-13
1h 20min
Animation, Adventure
13 Feb 2004 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Sylvain Chomet

Writer:

Sylvain Chomet

Stars:

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 39 nominations.
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129 photos | 12 videos

Cast

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Jean-Claude Donda	...	Le Géneral de Gaulle / Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard / les Réclames (voice)
Dirk Denoyelle	...	Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard (Dutch version) (voice)
Monica Viegas	...	Madame Souza (voice)
Graziellia de Villa	...	Madame Souza (Englsh version) (voice)
Michel Robin	...	'Champion' adulte (voice)
Noël Baye	...	'Champion' adulte (English version) (voice)
Suzy Falk	...	Triplette (voice)
Michèle Caucheteux	...	Triplet #3 (voice)
Nicole Shirer	...	Triplette (voice)
Germaine Charest	...	Triplette (voice)
Helen Wambolt	...	Triplette / Singing voice (voice)
Evelyn Snow	...	Triplette / Singing voice (voice)
Ron Séguin	...	Triplette / Singing voice (voice)
Helga Van der Heyden	...	Additional voice (voice)
Jeron Amin Dewulf	...	Additional voice (voice) (as Jeron Dewulf)
Jef Tips	...	Additional voice (voice)
Hendrik Van Eycken	...	Additional voice (voice)
Emmanuel Biront	...	Additional voice (voice)
Max E. Thijssen	...	Additional voice (voice)
Karlijn Sileghem	...	Additional voice (voice)
Anneleen Cooreman	...	Additional voice (voice)
Patrick Ridremont	...	Additional voice (voice)
Patrick Bauwens	...	Additional voice (voice)
Bernard Cogniaux	...	Additional voice (voice)
Camilia Blereau	...	Additional voice (voice)
Béatrice Bonifassi	...	Piaf Singer / Triplets (singingVoice)
Charles Linton	...	Additional voice (singingVoice) (as Charles Prévost Linton)
Lina Boudreau	...	Triplet #1 (singingVoice)
Mari-Lou Gauthier	...	Triplet #2 (singingVoice) (as Mari Lou Gauthier)
Benoît Charest	...	(singingVoice) (as Benoit Charest)

Directed by

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Sylvain Chomet

Written by

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Sylvain Chomet

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Produced by

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Adam Adler	...	executive producer
Didier Brunner	...	producer
Paul Cadieux	...	co-producer
Regis Ghezelbash	...	associate producer
Colin Rose	...	associate producer
Viviane Vanfleteren	...	producer

Music by

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Benoît Charest

Editing by

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Dominique Brune
Chantal Colibert	...	(as Chantal Colibert Brunner)
Dominique Lefever

Editorial Department

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Estelle Babut-Gay	...	assistant editor
Peter Measroch	...	post-production consultant (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Evgeni Tomov

Art Direction by

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Thierry Million

Production Management

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François Bernard	...	production manager
Frédérique Lagny	...	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gérard T. Goulet

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assistant director

Art Department

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Caroline Ardies	...	background painter
Carlos Baratto	...	background designer (as Carlos Barrato)
Karyne Bergeron	...	color design assistant
Samuel Dhaussy	...	background painter
Christophe Gautier	...	background painter
Bruno Ghigou	...	artistic supervisor
Grigor Kuzmanov	...	background painter
Monica Langlois	...	background painter
Alexei Nechytaylo	...	background painter
Carole Roy	...	color designer
Stanimir Stoilov	...	background designer

Sound Department

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Germain Boulay	...	sound editor
Mathieu Cox	...	re-recording mixer
Eric DeVos	...	sound (as Eric De Vos)
Xavier Drouault	...	foley artist
Alek Goosse	...	re-recording mixer
Eric Grattepain	...	sound effects editor
Gert Janssen	...	assistant sound editor
Marina Lerchs	...	adr mixer
Samuel Mittelman	...	additional sound
Henri Morelle	...	sound
Alexis Oscari	...	sound assistant
Stéphanie Perrin	...	sound editor
Denis Prud'hon	...	adr editor
Laurent Quaglio	...	sound
Carl Van Brande	...	sound supervisor
Griet Van Reeth	...	sound

Special Effects by

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Jean Pierre Bouchet	...	digital compositor
Cyril Fernandez	...	special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Christel Boyer	...	digital compositor
Frédéric Dupuis	...	2d effects animator
Nicolas Ferrere	...	2d effects animation supervisor
Florian Fiebig	...	2d effects animator
Bruno Ghigou	...	visual effects supervisor
Yann Hradecky	...	digital effects
Rouja Koleva	...	2d effects animation supervisor
Julie Kuchlein	...	2d effects animator
Hugues Martel	...	2d effects animator
Bisser Maximov	...	3d animator
Dave W. Pelkey	...	2D effects animator
Simon Pelletier	...	2d effects animator
Raf Schoenmaekers	...	digital compositor
Sofi Vaillant	...	digital compositor
Pieter Van Houte	...	cg and compositing supervisor
Alexis Venet	...	2d effects animator

Animation Department

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Music Department

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Bruno Beauregard	...	music engineer
Benoît Charest	...	music arranger / music engineer / music producer / musical director / musician: guitars / orchestrator
Francois Chauvette	...	music engineer
Emmanuel Deletang	...	music consultant
Thomas Dutronc	...	musician: solo guitar
Paul Lavergne	...	executive music producer
Maxime Morin	...	music engineer
Luc Papineau	...	music mixer
Christopher B.J. Smith	...	musician: trombone and tuba

Additional Crew

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Christopher Panzner

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post-production deal broker (as Christophe Panzner)

Thanks

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Sophie Tatischeff

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special thanks

Production Companies

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Les Armateurs
Production Champion
Vivi Film
France 3 Cinéma
RG Prince Films (co-production)
Canal+ (participation)
Gimages 3 (participation)
Cofimage 12 (participation)
Téléfilm Canada (participation)
Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (participation)
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (support)
Fonds Film in Vlaanderen (support)
Nationale Loterij van België (support)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (in association with) (BBC Bristol)
BBC Worldwide (in association with)
Département de la Charente (participation)
Région Poitou-Charentes (participation)
Cartoon (support)
MEDIA Programme of the European Union (support)
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep) (support)
Rija Films

Distributors

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Bright Angel Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Concorde Filmverleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
Diaphana Distribution (2003) (France) (theatrical)
Frenetic Films (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Metro Tartan Distribution Ltd. (2003) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Mikado Film (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
Pan Terra (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
Polyfilm Verleih (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
Quasar Films (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Classics (2003) (United States) (theatrical)
The Klockworx (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
A-Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
A-Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
Casablanca Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
Casablanca Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Concorde Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD) (retail)
DeAPlaneta (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
EuroVideo (2004) (Germany) (DVD) (rental)
France Télévision Distribution (2004) (France) (DVD)
France Télévision Distribution (2011) (France) (Blu-ray)
ITVX (2023) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
Leader Music (2006) (Argentina) (DVD) (as Leader Vision)
Metro Film (2005) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
Remstar Films (2003) (Canada)
Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (VHS)
Slovenska Kinoteka (2004) (Slovenia)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Studio Ghibli (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
Tartan Video (2004) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (tv) (TV1)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Block-Korenbrot Public Relations (Publicist)
Falco Ink. (award campaign)
Motion Picture Association (MPA)
Studio Air M.S. (music recorded at)
Studio Ben & Max (music recorded at)
Studio Labo-M (music mixed at)
Studio Labo-M (music recorded at)
Toon Boom Animation (animation software)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	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 Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	lawnmower storm-at-sea cigarette french-animation belleville See All (163) »
Genres	Animation Adventure Comedy Drama Music Sport
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:PG Austria:10 Brazil:10 Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) Canada:G (Ontario) Chile:TE Czechia:U Denmark:7 Finland:K-7 France:Tous publics Germany:6 Greece:K-12 Hong Kong:IIA Iceland:L Ireland:PG Italy:T Malaysia:U Mexico:B Netherlands:AL New Zealand:PG New Zealand:M (DVD rating) Norway:7 Peru:Apt Poland:12 (self-applied) Portugal:M/6 Russia:12+ Singapore:NC-16 South Korea:12 Spain:A Sweden:Btl Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) United Kingdom:12 United States:PG-13

Additional Details

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Also Known As	The Triplets of Belleville (Canada, English title) The Triplets of Belleville (United Kingdom) Belleville Rendez-vous (United Kingdom) Randiņš Belevilā (Latvia) The Triplets of Belleville (World-wide, English title) See more »
Runtime	80 min
Official Sites	Sony Pictures Classics
Country	France Belgium Canada United Kingdom Latvia South Korea
Language	French Portuguese
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 (opening sequence) See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital

Box Office

Budget	$9,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend France	$572,207, 20 Jun 2003

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Among the anti-Disney riffs in the film are a Mickey-shaped turd in a toilet, and a wallet-picture of a character in Disneyland with a lollipop that says SUCKER. See more »
Goofs	When the two waiters are running to the Mafia in the restaurant, the left-hand waiter's hair color is black; in the next take, his hair is gray. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Episode #29.4 (2003). See more »
Soundtracks	Piaf Song See more »
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 »
Quotes	[last lines] Madame Souza: [voice over] Is that it, then? Is it over, do you think? What have you got to say to Grandma? [cut to Champion as an old man watching TV] Champion: I think that's probably it. It's over, Grandma. See more »

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