THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2003)

Jul 12
Sunday 10:15pm only!
Dir. Sylvain Chomet - 2003 - 80m - France - In French with English subtitles - Valid for Punch Cards
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A wildly inventive and highly original animated feature crowded with colorful characters and fantastic imagery. Kidnapped by mysterious, square-shouldered henchmen, a Tour de France cyclist named Champion is spirited across the ocean to the teeming metropolis of Belleville. His grandmother and faithful dog follow his trail and are taken in by a trio of eccentric jazz-era divas. The motley sleuths follow the clues to an Underground betting parlor and now the chase is on!
"22 years after its original release it remains an absolute delight: in equal measures absurd, charming, strange, and unsettling." - Grant Watson, Fiction Machine
"Both joyous and melancholy, almost as if the old-fashioned and the new collided and shattered, and the pieces fell in place to create this incredible film." - Mattie Lucas, The Dispatch
"An entertaining, witty, dark animated film, full of quirky characters and very subtle social commentary." - Yasser Medina, Cinefilia
"Beautiful animation, surreal imagery, funny quirky characters and engaging situations make this a gem that should be discovered." - Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed