The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville French Les Triplettes de Belleville is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendezvous in the United Kingdom. The film is Chomets first feature film and was an international coproduction among companies in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Canada.

The story focuses on Madame Souza, an elderly woman raising her young grandson, Champion. Souza notices her grandson is sad and lonely, hinted as due to the loss of his parents, so she first tries to get him interested in the piano. When this fails, she buys him a puppy named Bruno to cheer him up. Although he is initially happy, he quickly becomes melancholic once again. After discovering that Champion has a keen interest in road bicycle racing, because it is implied that Champions deceased parents were bicyclists, she buys him a tricycle. Years later, Champion becomes a professional cyclist with Souza as his coach.Eventually, Champion enters the Tour de France but during the race, he and two other riders are kidnapped by two French mafia henchmen and brought to the bustling metropolis of Belleville. ........

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