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Actors: Michéle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Triplets of Belleville (Belleville Rendez-Vous) |
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Madame Souza takes care of her orphaned grandson Champion, who doesn't seem to want to do much of anything. Even a pet dog, Bruno, becomes just as chubby and down in the dumps as the boy. One day Madame discovers the boy's fascination with bicycle racing. She gets him a tricycle to start, and eventually is training him for the Tour de France. He's not very good, however, and some sinister, block-shaped hoods from the French mafia kidnap Champion and a couple other poor racers for some nefarious purpose and bundle them away across the ocean. But Madame and Bruno are in hot pursuit, all the way to "Belleville" (a sort of amalgam of New York, Montreal, and Quebec). They team up with the Triplets of Belleville -- an elderly trio of singing, dancing sisters who used to perform with Django Reinhardt, Fred Astaire, and Josephine Baker (or people LIKE them) in the olden days -- who dine on grenade-harvested frogs and help them with their rescue mission. This very oddball hand-animated 2003 cartoon, written and directed by Sylvain Chomet, is told mostly with visuals and music: what dialogue there is, is negligible and often just gibberish that is wholly unnecessary to understanding the story. The tale starts out slow but gets better and better in its own weird and wonderful way.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Triplets of Belleville (Belleville Rendez-Vous) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- rescuing from kidnappers
If a cartoon...
- animated cartoon
Kind of comedy
- physical comedy
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from kidnapper(s)
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- animal
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Water?
Yes
Water:
- peddle boat
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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