Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003)

Regisseur:

Sylvain Chomet

Drehbuchautor:

Sylvain Chomet (written by)

Premierendatum:

11. Juni 2003 (France)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Abenteuer | Drama | Musik

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hand Grenade | Quirky | Pastiche | Very Little Dialogue | Eiffel Tower Paris

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 20 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Original, Impressive and Very Bizarre

Besetzung

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)

Alternativ:

The Triplets of Belleville (International: English title) (USA)
Belleville Rendez-Vous (UK)
Große Rennen von Belleville, Das (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor.

Länge:

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

Produktionsland:

France | Belgium | Canada | UK

Sprache:

Französisch | Portugiesische

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.66 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Ontario)

Firma:

Les Armateurs

Dies und das:

The bicycles are all computer generated and traced, because the director, Sylvain Chomet, did not believe it was worth the time to get the look of the bicycles "perfect". The figures on the bicycles, however, were only thin lines in the computer generated originals, allowing the animators to breathe life into them.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Near the End, where the Triplets and Souza are going across the bay over the bridge, you see a ship passing under it into the harbour. However, when the Mafia goes over the edge into the funnel of the ship, It is leaving the harbour, not entering it.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Madame Souza: Is that it, then? Is it over, do you think? What have you got to say to Grandma?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Ukigusa (1959)

Soundtrack:

Mass in C minor, K427: Kyrie

Original, Impressive and Very Bizarre

Madame Souza raises her grandson Champion and tries to make him happier with a baby dog, Bruno. However, the boy remains sad, and the grandmother gives a tricycle for him. The boy gets excited with the gift, and trained by Madame Souza along the years, he finally competes the Tour de France. When Champion is kidnapped by two MIBs from the French mafia, Madame Souza and Bruno travel to Belleville to rescue him, with the support of the elder singers, the Belleville Sisters.

What a wonderful surprise "Les Triplettes de Belleville" is! An original, impressive and very bizarre dark story, that recalls the style of Tim Burton, supported by an amazing music score. The scene on the sea, while playing Mozart's Mass in C Minor, is fantastic and maybe my favorite. The city of Belleville, visibly inspired in New York, with a fat Statue of Liberty, is impressive. The intentional exxageration in the proportions of the ships and sky-scrapers is amazing and stylish. The grotesque and ugly characters are very unusual for heroes and even villains, and this movie is basically the opposite of the animations of Pixar and Disney. Madame Souza has a shorter leg; Champion has deformed legs and long nose; Bruno is horribly fat; the MIBs are plane; their boss is very short; the old singers look like witches; in common, all of them are very ugly. I really recommend this movie for viewers that aim to see a fresh idea of animation, with dark comedy and weird adventure. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "As Bicicletas de Belleville" ("The Bicycles of Belleville")