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The Triplets of Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville
	French theatrical release poster
French	Les Triplettes de Belleville
Directed by	Sylvain Chomet
Written by	Sylvain Chomet
Produced by	Viviane Vanfleteren; Regis Ghezelbash; Colin Rose;
Starring	Béatrice Bonifassi; Lina Boudreault; Michel Robin;
Edited by	Dominique Brune; Chantal Colibert Brunner; Dominique Lefever;
Music by	Ben Charest
Production; companies	Les Armateurs; Champion; Vivi Film; France 3 Cinéma; RGP France; BBC Bristol; BBC Worldwide;
Distributed by	Diaphana Films (France); Cinéart (Belgium); Alliance Atlantis (Canada); Tartan Films (United Kingdom);
Release dates	18 May 2003 (Cannes); 11 June 2003 (France); 25 June 2003 (Belgium); 29 August 2003 (United Kingdom);
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	France; Belgium; Canada; United Kingdom;
Languages	French; English; Portuguese;
Budget	$9.5 million
Box office	$14.8 million

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The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet.^[4] 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.

The film features the voices of Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, and Monica Viegas. There is little dialogue; much of the narrative is conveyed through song and pantomime. It tells the story of Madame Souza, an elderly woman who goes on a quest to rescue her grandson Champion, a Tour de France cyclist, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia for gambling purposes and taken to the city of Belleville (an amalgamation of Paris, New York City, Montreal and Quebec City^[5]). She is accompanied by Champion's loyal and obese hound, Bruno, and joined by the Triplets of Belleville, music hall singers from the 1930s, whom she meets in the city.

The film was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique style of animation and has since gained a cult following.^[6] The film was nominated for two Academy Awards—Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Belleville Rendez-vous". It was also screened out of competition (hors concours) at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.^[7]

Plot

In France, Madame Souza is raising her grandson Champion, a melancholy orphan. They watch an old variety show on television featuring a trio of singers, the Triplets of Belleville (Rose, Blanche, and Violette). When the program is interrupted, Souza asks Champion if the "film" is finished. The listless Champion does not reply and instead changes the channel to a piano concert. Souza, seeing Champion's interest in the music, pulls out an old piano and tries to amuse him, but Champion remains indifferent. She deduces that Champion is lonely and buys him a dog, Bruno. Neither Bruno nor an electric train set succeed in lifting Champion's spirits, and the dog has no interests apart from eating, sleeping, and barking at trains.

While tidying Champion's room, Souza discovers a book filled with photos of cyclists. She buys Champion a tricycle, and he becomes an obsessive cyclist. Some years later he is competing in the Tour de France, when he is kidnapped by a pair of mobsters in a Citroën van. They take him and two other contestants across the Atlantic, Souza pursuing them on a pedalo.

Arriving in the United States penniless and hungry, Souza and the obese Bruno are adopted by the Triplets of Belleville, now elderly, and taken to their seedy apartment. When dinner is finally served, it consists of frog soup and frog stew, with tadpoles for dessert, collected by Violette using "expanding bait". Souza joins their band, playing bicycle spokes like a dulcimer, to their refrigerator-shelf harp, newspaper percussion and vacuum-cleaner bagpipe. During the show, Souza spots the kidnappers. With the help of the Triplets, Souza rescues the cyclists, who had been forced to pedal-power a gambling machine, and escape on the pedaling frame, pursued by the mobsters in Citroën sedans.

In a flashforward, an older Champion watches the TV again showing their adventure when they are leaving the city and remembers Souza asking once more if the film is finished. Champion turns to the empty bench next to him and says "It's over, Grandma".

In a humorous post-credits scene, the boatman who rented Souza the pedalo is seen patiently waiting for his vessel to return.

Cast

Jean-Claude Donda as Le Géneral de Gaulle / Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard / les Réclames (voice)
Dirk Denoyelle as Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard (Dutch version) (voice)
Monica Viegas as Madame Souza (voice)
Graziellia de Villa as Madame Souza (English version) (voice)
Michel Robin as 'Champion' adulte (voice)
Noël Baye as 'Champion' adulte (English version) (voice)

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 94% of 150 surveyed critics gave it a positive review, and the average rating was 8.2/10; the consensus reads: "Richly detailed and loaded with surreal touches, The Triplets of Belleville is an odd, delightful charmer."^[8] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, rated it 91/100 based on 35 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[9]

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Animated Feature, making it the first PG-13 animated film to be nominated in that category; and for Best Original Song (Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet for the song "Belleville Rendez-vous", sung by Matthieu Chedid in the original version). The film lost the Best Animated Feature award to Finding Nemo. It also won the César for Best Film Music,^[10] and as a co-production with Canada it won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture^[11] and the BBC Four World Cinema Award in 2004.^[12]

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result
Academy Awards	29 February 2004	Best Animated Feature	Sylvain Chomet	Nominated
Academy Awards	29 February 2004	Best Original Song	Benoît Charest (music) & Sylvain Chomet (lyrics) (for Belleville Rendez-vous)	Nominated
Annie Awards	7 February 2004	Best Animated Feature	The Triplets of Belleville	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production	Sylvain Chomet	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production	Sylvain Chomet	Nominated
Critics Choice Awards	10 January 2004	Best Animated Feature	Sylvain Chomet	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	7 January 2004	Best Animated Film	Sylvain Chomet	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	7 January 2004	Best Music	Benoît Charest	Won
New York Film Critics Circle	11 January 2004	Best Animated Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards	5 January 2004	Best Animated Film	Sylvain Chomet	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards	5 January 2004	Best Foreign Language Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	18 December 2003	Best Animated Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Won
Satellite Awards	21 February 2004	Best Animated or Mixed Media Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Won
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	16 December 2004	Best Animated Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Won
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	16 December 2004	Best Canadian Film	The Triplets of Belleville	Won

References

^ ^a ^b "Beleville Rendez-vous (2002)". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ Grey, Tobias (19 January 2003). "New Gaul draw: France toons up". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ "The Triplets of Belleville". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ "Best Indie Animated Movies of All Time|Collider". Collider. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Curiel, Jonathan (29 December 2003). "For caricaturist Chomet, creator of 'Triplets of Belleville,' it's a long way from Disney". SFGate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "22 Animated Cult Classics Worth Checking Out – MovieWeb". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Festival de Cannes: The Triplets of Belleville". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
^ "The Triplets of Belleville (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "The Triplets of Belleville". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ James, Alison (17 February 2004). "Lumiere Awards puts spotlight on 'Triplets'". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ Tillson, Tamsen (31 March 2005). "Genies toon in 'Triplets'". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ "BBC Four delivers crown to 'Triplets'". Variety. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

External links

[uni-1] "Beleville Rendez-vous (2002)". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[2] Grey, Tobias (19 January 2003). "New Gaul draw: France toons up". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[3] "The Triplets of Belleville". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[indieanimated-4] "Best Indie Animated Movies of All Time|Collider". Collider. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[5] Curiel, Jonathan (29 December 2003). "For caricaturist Chomet, creator of 'Triplets of Belleville,' it's a long way from Disney". SFGate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

[6] "22 Animated Cult Classics Worth Checking Out – MovieWeb". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[festival-cannes.com-7] "Festival de Cannes: The Triplets of Belleville". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2009.

[8] "The Triplets of Belleville (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[9] "The Triplets of Belleville". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[10] James, Alison (17 February 2004). "Lumiere Awards puts spotlight on 'Triplets'". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[11] Tillson, Tamsen (31 March 2005). "Genies toon in 'Triplets'". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[12] "BBC Four delivers crown to 'Triplets'". Variety. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

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-'''''The Triplets of Belleville''''' ({{lang-fr|'''Les Triplettes de Belleville'''}}) is a 2003 [[Animation|animated]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Sylvain Chomet]].<ref name="indieanimated">{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/best-indie-animated-movies/|title=Best Indie Animated Movies of All Time{{!}}Collider|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=16 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216035408/https://collider.com/best-indie-animated-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.
+'''''The Triplets of Belleville''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Les Triplettes de Belleville'''}}) is a 2003 [[animated]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Sylvain Chomet]].<ref name="indieanimated">{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/best-indie-animated-movies/|title=Best Indie Animated Movies of All Time{{!}}Collider|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=19 November 2021 |access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=16 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216035408/https://collider.com/best-indie-animated-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.
-The film features the voices of Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, [[Michel Robin]], and Monica Viegas. There is little dialogue; much of the narrative is conveyed through song and [[pantomime]]. It tells the story of Madame Souza, an elderly woman who goes on a quest to rescue her grandson Champion, a [[Tour de France]] cyclist, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia for gambling purposes and taken to the city of Belleville (an amalgam of [[Paris]], [[New York City]], [[Montreal]] and [[Quebec City]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/For-caricaturist-Chomet-creator-of-Triplets-of-2524759.php|title=For caricaturist Chomet, creator of 'Triplets of Belleville,' it's a long way from Disney|last=Curiel|first=Jonathan|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle|SFGate]]|date=2003-12-29|access-date=2015-02-09|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210024135/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/For-caricaturist-Chomet-creator-of-Triplets-of-2524759.php|url-status=live}}</ref>). She is accompanied by Champion's loyal and obese hound, Bruno, and joined by the Triplets of Belleville, [[music hall]] singers from the 1930s, whom she meets in the city.
+The film features the voices of Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, [[Michel Robin]], and Monica Viegas. There is little dialogue; much of the narrative is conveyed through song and [[pantomime]]. It tells the story of Madame Souza, an elderly woman who goes on a quest to rescue her grandson Champion, a [[Tour de France]] cyclist, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia for gambling purposes and taken to the city of Belleville (an amalgamation of [[Paris]], [[New York City]], [[Montreal]] and [[Quebec City]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/For-caricaturist-Chomet-creator-of-Triplets-of-2524759.php|title=For caricaturist Chomet, creator of 'Triplets of Belleville,' it's a long way from Disney|last=Curiel|first=Jonathan|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle|SFGate]]|date=2003-12-29|access-date=2015-02-09|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210024135/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/For-caricaturist-Chomet-creator-of-Triplets-of-2524759.php|url-status=live}}</ref>). She is accompanied by Champion's loyal and obese hound, Bruno, and joined by the Triplets of Belleville, [[music hall]] singers from the 1930s, whom she meets in the city.
-The film was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique style of animation and has since gained a cult following.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/best-cult-classic-animated-movies/|title=22 Animated Cult Classics Worth Checking Out - MovieWeb|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112153254/https://movieweb.com/best-cult-classic-animated-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]]—[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "[[Belleville Rendez-vous (song)|Belleville Rendez-vous]]". It was also screened out of competition (''hors concours'') at the [[2003 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4075513/year/2003.html|title=Festival de Cannes: The Triplets of Belleville|access-date=2009-11-09|work=festival-cannes.com|archive-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728124910/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4075513/year/2003.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
+The film was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique style of animation and has since gained a cult following.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/best-cult-classic-animated-movies/|title=22 Animated Cult Classics Worth Checking Out – MovieWeb|date=11 January 2023 |access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112153254/https://movieweb.com/best-cult-classic-animated-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]]—[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "[[Belleville Rendez-vous (song)|Belleville Rendez-vous]]". It was also screened out of competition (''hors concours'') at the [[2003 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4075513/year/2003.html|title=Festival de Cannes: The Triplets of Belleville|access-date=2009-11-09|work=festival-cannes.com|archive-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728124910/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4075513/year/2003.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
 In France, Madame Souza is raising her grandson Champion, a melancholy orphan. They watch an old variety show on television featuring a trio of singers, the Triplets of Belleville (Rose, Blanche, and Violette). When the program is interrupted, Souza asks Champion if the "film" is finished. The listless Champion does not reply and instead changes the channel to a piano concert. Souza, seeing Champion's interest in the music, pulls out an old piano and tries to amuse him, but Champion remains indifferent. She deduces that Champion is lonely and buys him a dog, Bruno. Neither Bruno nor an electric train set succeed in lifting Champion's spirits, and the dog has no interests apart from eating, sleeping, and barking at trains.
-While tidying Champion's room, Souza discovers a book filled with photos of cyclists. She buys Champion a [[tricycle]], and he becomes an obsessive cyclist. Some years later he is competing in the [[Tour de France]], when he is kidnapped by a pair of [[Milieu (organized crime in France)|mobsters]] in a [[Citroën H Van|Citroën Van]]. They take him and two other contestants across the Atlantic, Souza pursuing them on a [[pedalo]].
+While tidying Champion's room, Souza discovers a book filled with photos of cyclists. She buys Champion a [[tricycle]], and he becomes an obsessive cyclist. Some years later he is competing in the [[Tour de France]], when he is kidnapped by a pair of [[Milieu (organized crime in France)|mobsters]] in a [[Citroën H Van|Citroën van]]. They take him and two other contestants across the Atlantic, Souza pursuing them on a [[pedalo]].
-Arriving in the United States penniless and hungry, Souza and the obese Bruno are adopted by the Triplets of Belleville, now elderly, and taken to their seedy apartment. When dinner is finally served, it consists of frog soup and frog stew, with tadpoles for dessert, collected by Violette using "[[expanding bait]]". Souza joins their band, playing bicycle spokes like a [[Hammered dulcimer|dulcimer]], to their refrigerator-shelf harp, newspaper percussion and vacuum-cleaner bagpipe. During the show, Souza spots the kidnappers. With the help of the Triplets, Souza rescues the cyclists, who had been forced to pedal-power a gambling machine, and escape on the pedaling frame, pursued by the mobsters in [[Citroën Traction Avant|Citroën sedans]].
+Arriving in the United States penniless and hungry, Souza and the obese Bruno are adopted by the Triplets of Belleville, now elderly, and taken to their seedy apartment. When dinner is finally served, it consists of frog soup and frog stew, with tadpoles for dessert, collected by Violette using "[[expanding bait]]". Souza joins their band, playing bicycle spokes like a [[Hammered dulcimer|dulcimer]], to their refrigerator-shelf harp, newspaper percussion and vacuum-cleaner bagpipe. During the show, Souza spots the kidnappers. With the help of the Triplets, Souza rescues the cyclists, who had been forced to pedal-power a gambling machine, and escape on the pedaling frame, pursued by the mobsters in [[Citroën 2CV|Citroën sedans]].
 In a [[flashforward]], an older Champion watches the TV again showing their adventure when they are leaving the city and remembers Souza asking once more if the film is finished. Champion turns to the empty bench next to him and says "It's over, Grandma".
 In a humorous post-credits scene, the boatman who rented Souza the pedalo is seen patiently waiting for his vessel to return.
+==Cast==
+* [[Jean-Claude Donda]] as Le Géneral de Gaulle / Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard / les Réclames (voice)
+* [[Dirk Denoyelle]] as Les commentateurs Sportifs / Le clochard (Dutch version) (voice)
+* [[Monica Viegas]] as Madame Souza (voice)
+* [[Graziellia de Villa]] as Madame Souza (English version) (voice)
+* [[Michel Robin]] as 'Champion' adulte (voice)
+* [[Noël Baye]] as 'Champion' adulte (English version) (voice)
 ==Reception==
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 ===Awards and nominations===
-The film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]]: for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]], making it the first PG-13 animated film to be nominated in that category; and for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ([[Benoît Charest]] and Sylvain Chomet for the song "[[Belleville Rendez-vous (song)|Belleville Rendez-vous]]", sung by [[Matthieu Chedid]] in the original version). The film lost the Best Animated Feature award to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''. It also won the [[César Award|César]] for Best Film Music,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/lumiere-awards-puts-spotlight-on-triplets-1117900261/|title=Lumiere Awards puts spotlight on 'Triplets'|last=James|first=Alison|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2004-02-17|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011094615/http://variety.com/2004/film/news/lumiere-awards-puts-spotlight-on-triplets-1117900261/|url-status=live}}</ref> and as a co-production with Canada it won the [[Genie Award for Best Motion Picture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/genies-toon-in-triplets-1117919934/|title=Genies toon in 'Triplets'|last=Tillson|first=Tamsen|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2005-03-31|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=1 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220616/https://variety.com/2005/film/news/genies-toon-in-triplets-1117919934/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[BBC Four World Cinema Awards|BBC Four World Cinema Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/bbc-four-delivers-crown-to-triplets-1117898991/|title=BBC Four delivers crown to 'Triplets'|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2004-01-25|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020120/https://variety.com/2004/film/news/bbc-four-delivers-crown-to-triplets-1117898991/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+The film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]]: for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]], making it the first PG-13 animated film to be nominated in that category; and for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ([[Benoît Charest]] and Sylvain Chomet for the song "[[Belleville Rendez-vous (song)|Belleville Rendez-vous]]", sung by [[Matthieu Chedid]] in the original version). The film lost the Best Animated Feature award to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''. It also won the [[César Award|César]] for Best Film Music,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/lumiere-awards-puts-spotlight-on-triplets-1117900261/|title=Lumiere Awards puts spotlight on 'Triplets'|last=James|first=Alison|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2004-02-17|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011094615/http://variety.com/2004/film/news/lumiere-awards-puts-spotlight-on-triplets-1117900261/|url-status=live}}</ref> and as a co-production with Canada it won the [[Genie Award for Best Motion Picture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/genies-toon-in-triplets-1117919934/|title=Genies toon in 'Triplets'|last=Tillson|first=Tamsen|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2005-03-31|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=1 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220616/https://variety.com/2005/film/news/genies-toon-in-triplets-1117919934/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[BBC Four World Cinema Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/bbc-four-delivers-crown-to-triplets-1117898991/|title=BBC Four delivers crown to 'Triplets'|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2004-01-25|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020120/https://variety.com/2004/film/news/bbc-four-delivers-crown-to-triplets-1117898991/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 | [[New York Film Critics Circle]]
-| [[2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|January 11, 2004]]
+| [[2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|11 January 2004]]
 | Best Animated Film
 | The Triplets of Belleville
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 |-
 | rowspan="2"|[[Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
-| rowspan="2"|[[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2003|January 5, 2004]]
+| rowspan="2"|[[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2003|5 January 2004]]
 | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film|Best Animated Film]]
 | Sylvain Chomet
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 |-
 | [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
-| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2003|December 18, 2003]]
+| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2003|18 December 2003]]
 | Best Animated Film
 | The Triplets of Belleville
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 |-
 | [[Satellite Awards]]
-| [[8th Golden Satellite Awards|February 21, 2004]]
+| [[8th Golden Satellite Awards|21 February 2004]]
 | Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
-| The Triples of Belleville
+| The Triplets of Belleville
 | {{won}}
 |-
 | rowspan="2"|[[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]]
-| rowspan="2"|[[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2004|December 16, 2004]]
+| rowspan="2"|[[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2004|16 December 2004]]
 | Best Animated Film
 | rowspan="2"|The Triplets of Belleville
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 ==See also==
-* [[List of animated feature films]]
-* [[List of films about bicycles and cycling]]
 * [[Arthouse animation]]
 * [[Independent animation]]
+* [[List of animated feature films]]
+* [[List of films about bicycles and cycling]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|0286244}}
-* {{AllMovie title|288976}}
+* {{TCMDb title|id=534072}}
 * {{Mojo title|tripletsofbelleville}}
 * {{Rotten Tomatoes|triplets_of_belleville}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Triplets Of Belleville}}
+[[Category:2003 films]]
 [[Category:2003 animated films]]
-[[Category:2003 comedy films]]
+[[Category:2003 comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
-[[Category:2003 films]]
+[[Category:2000s Belgian films]]
-[[Category:2000s American films]]
 [[Category:2000s British films]]
 [[Category:2000s Canadian animated films]]
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 [[Category:Animated films set in the United States]]
 [[Category:Belgian animated feature films]]
-[[Category:Belgian comedy films]]
+[[Category:Belgian comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:Best Film Lumières Award winners]]
 [[Category:Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]]
-[[Category:British animated comedy films]]
+[[Category:British animated feature films]]
+[[Category:British comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:Canadian animated feature films]]
-[[Category:Canadian animated comedy films]]
+[[Category:Canadian comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:Cultural depictions of Django Reinhardt]]
 [[Category:Cultural depictions of Fred Astaire]]
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 [[Category:Films directed by Sylvain Chomet]]
 [[Category:Films scored by Benoît Charest]]
-[[Category:French animated comedy films]]
+[[Category:Foreign films set in the United States]]
 [[Category:French animated feature films]]
+[[Category:French comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:French-language Belgian films]]
+[[Category:French-language Canadian films]]
+[[Category:Satellite Award–winning films]]
 [[Category:Sony Pictures Classics animated films]]

v t e Sylvain Chomet
Films directed	The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1997) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) "Tour Eiffel" in Paris, je t'aime (2006) The Illusionist (2010) Attila Marcel (2013)
Music written	"Belleville Rendez-vous" (2003) "Chanson Illusionist" (2010) The Illusionist: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)
Miscellaneous	Django Films

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International	VIAF
National	Germany United States Catalonia