The Triplets of Belleville Movie Review 2002

Surreal French animated tale of a joyless bicycle racer and his eccentric grandmother charms, surprises, and confounds with flights of fancy and wonderfully imaginative scenarios. Champion is a sad little boy who doesn't respond to anything until his grandmother buys him a tricycle. This leads him to become a top-level bike racer who is eventually kidnapped by French mobsters. His stalwart grandma stops at nothing to rescue him.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from French, Belgian, Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Animation & Cartoons, Grandparents, Bicycling, Kidnapped!, King of Beasts (Dogs), Paris

Screenplay

Sylvain Chomet

Director

Sylvain Chomet

Music

Benoit Charest

Other

Chantel Colibert Brunner, Evgeni Tomov

Producer

Didier Brunner, Paul Cadieux, Les Armateurs, Sony Pictures Classics

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 2003: Animated Film, Score.