The Triplets of Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The film is Chomet's first feature film and was an international co-production among companies in France, Belgium, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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| Written by | Sylvain Chomet
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| Edited by | Dominique Brune
Chantal Colibert Brunner Dominique Lefever |
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| Production company | Les Armateurs Production Champion Vivi Film France 3 Cinéma RGP Productions Canal+, Sofica Gimages 3, Cofimage 12, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Charente, Région Poitou-Charentes CNC, Fonds Film in Vlaanderen, Nationale Loterij of Belgium BBC Bristol, BBC Worldwide |
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| Running time | 78 minutes
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| Country | France
Belgium Canada United Kingdom |
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| Language | French
English Portuguese |
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| Budget | $9.5 million
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| Box office | $14.8 million
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The Triplets of Belleville: Swinging Belleville rendez-vous / Marathon dancing, doop-de-doo / Voodoo, can-can aren't taboo / The world is strange in rendez-vous
- There is also an animated caricature of dancer/singer/performer Josephine Baker, a black American entertainer who left the U.S. in the 1920s because of the virulent racism she encountered and became a tremendous star in Europe. She was very big in Paris and often appeared in shows half-nude, as she did in this film.
- Also appearing in the starting black and white part of the movie, appears French singer Charles Trenet (1913-2001) with his eyes wide open as he used to do when acting in cabarets.
- 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.
- The pianist Mme. Souza and young Champion are watching on television is a caricature of the famous Canadian virtuoso, Glenn Gould, known for his piano interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard works and for the fact that he would hum along as he played the piano (which can be heard in the film).
- In bonus footage on the DVD of this film, the director, Sylvain Chomet, indicates that he tried to imitate the stance and walk of tall basketball stars in the triplets.
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