The Triplets of Belleville

"Get your hands together for The Triplets of Belleville!"

2003 1h 20m FR

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 1,078

AnimationComedyDramaAdventure

Synopsis

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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.

“Get your hands together for The Triplets of Belleville!”

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Cast

Suzy Falk
Triplet (voice)
Lina Boudreau
Triplet (voice)
Betty Bonifassi
Triplet (voice)
Michèle Caucheteux
Triplet (voice)
Jean-Claude Donda
General Gaulle / Sports Commentators / Homeless (voice)
Mari-Lou Gauthier
Triplet (voice)
Charles Linton
Additional Voice (voice)
Monica Viegas
Madame Souza (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sylvain Chomet
Writers: Sylvain Chomet, Sylvain Chomet
Languages: French
Countries: France, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Benoît Charest. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dominique Brune shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Suzy Falk and Lina Boudreau and Betty Bonifassi carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Get your hands together for The Triplets of Belleville!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0286244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sylvain Chomet directs. Benoît Charest scores. Dominique Brune cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 23 years ago.
3International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom.
4Original score by Benoît Charest. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Dominique Brune shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Suzy Falk and Lina Boudreau and Betty Bonifassi carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Get your hands together for The Triplets of Belleville!".
8IMDB entry: tt0286244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "france", "kidnapping", "biker", "tour de france".

The technical file

Original score: Benoît Charest
Editing: Dominique Brune
Production design: Evgeni Tomov
Sound: Mathieu Cox
Runtime: 80 min · 1h 20m
Status: Released
Budget: $9,500,000
Box office: $14,776,760
Return: 156% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

Awards

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-01-30
★ 7/10
Now I knew that the Tour de France had an element of peril to it, but I'd never have thought anyone would stoop to kidnapping three of the cyclists! Well that's what happens to "Champion" and it's what motivates his loving grandmother "Mme. Souza" and her chunky mutt "Bruno" to come to their rescue. Whilst we know a little of the cunning plan afoot by the felons she must travel to the quaint town of "Belleville" and do her own investigating. Fortunately, there are three old ladies who take a shine to this fish-out-if-water pair and provide them with board, lodgings and maybe just a bit of inspiration for their search. When that leads them to their own local, diminutive, Godfather-figure things really start to hot up and the bullets start to fly! Just what has "Champion" got that they all want? I really enjoined the animation style of this caper. Straight out of the blocks we've got something that wouldn't have looked out of place in "Top Hat" (1935) before the lively jazzy soundtrack provides an amiable conduit for a story that's full of twists and turns and that pays an homage to pretty much the whole gamut of film-noir genres en route to it's denouement. The facials are hugely expressive and the cast of characters - real-life and fictional - presents us with some quirky and engaging comedy drama for eighty minutes. This is good fun, darkly engaging and well worth the watch.

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