Belleville Rendez-Vous (DVD)

...Charest The Plot '''''''''''''''''''''' Belleville Rendez-vous begins with scenes from the theatre circuit in the 1930s and a varied selection of performers. We soon come to see that an old lady and a little boy are watching this on television. Champion is a little boy who, having been orphaned, is now living with his grandmother, Madame Souza, in very quiet and humble surroundings. He is naturally very sad and lonely, and his kindly grandmother ...
...They follow the ship to Belleville which is a thinly veiled New York where they see Champion being taken away. Penniless and in a strange city of vast proportions, the hope of finding the grandson seems forlorn. Cutting to the henchman it is now revealed that Champion and two other cyclists have been captured as part of a mafia gambling enterprise. Meanwhile, down on her luck we find the grandmother back at the docks sitting by a fire where she finds ...

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...feel, all the characters in Belleville Rendez-Vouz have a unique distinctness which really makes them come alive. They are far more charachatured than in, say, Disney's recent movies - it's almost as if each person is a seperate species, with the result that even the background characters ooze personality from every line. And while there is some CG in the film, it's very much underplayed and used to compliment the hand-drawn animation rather than ...
...and "Treasure Planet". Perhaps because it was largely the work of one man (Sylvain Chomet, who wrote and directed it), it has a very singular style which gives the film an atmosphere unlike anything else I've seen. And, more importantly, it's also very, very funny. From the Triplet's bizarre fishing methods to Bruno's canine nightmares, the film uses its lack of dialog to rattle off one visual joke after another. Most of the time, words would have ...

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My copy of Belleville Rendez - vous came free with a copy of the Times on Saturday. The cover of the DVD gave away the cartoon style that was about to follow. Written & directed by Sylvian Chomet for predominantly French audiences, it is also known by the name 'The Triplets of Bellville' for English speaking audiences. The film came in DVD format, rated PG parental guidance for children under 12 years old due probably to mild nudity & moderate violence ...
...Atlantic to a seaport called Belleville HQ of the French mafia. Lost in the metropolis they encounter 3 eccentric female music sisters (The Belleville Triplettes) battle with the evil French Mafia. Can they recapture Champion.....? ***CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE*** CAST Beatrice Bonilassi............................Triplette (voice) Lina Boudreau................................... '' '' Marie - Lou Gauthier......................... '' '' Charles Linton................................... ...

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...blatant. The obesity of Belleville residents is underlined by a magazine reference to Holllyfood….but look closely for more gentle digs. Car-chases of the absurdity that can only be done in cartoon. Dog-dreams. The art of catching frogs, and their subsequent fate. It is full of self-references and gentle jibes at European and American culture alike. The thirties feel accentuated by the deceptively simple drawing style, is sharpened with 21st century ...
...jazz of Les Triplets de Belleville, both in the refrain of their professional heyday and in their subsequent skiffle reincarnation, to the grandeur of the Atlantic Crossing. Try as I might I cannot find a negative word to say about this film. It calls for old-fashioned words like 'charming' and 'delightful' but that doesn't do justice particularly to the humour, which calls for the modern aphorism: wicked! ~ © Lesley Mason ...

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...to immunise it from criticism. Belleville de rendez Vous (or Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a French, animated film with almost no dialogue, combining 2D and 3D animation, though creating the impression of traditional sketches. Having said that, there’s nothing traditional about it; In Chomet’s world everything is a monstrous exaggeration, and communication is unnecessary. When a gormless dope of a man is dumped with the aspiration to compete in ...
...witch-like musicians that are the Belleville triplets, who eat nothing but varyingly prepared frogs. A percussive, jazzy soundtrack makes up for the obvious lack of speech, though most characters, whilst ultimately devoid of personality, have silently distinguishing traits, allowing their extraordinary antics to be portrayed – through sheer slapstick wit – with full coherence. The Film is only 78 minutes short, though debatably there is a limit to ...

zak-2 28.03.2004 (23.06.2004) · Read full review
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This is one of the best animations ever produced! By far the work of very talented and skilled people. The story line of a man kidnapped during 'le tour de France' in order to cycle for the French mafia in 'Belleville' is a little abstract. However this adds to the beauty of this piece of artwork. The fantastic detailed play on various stereotypes (particularly those of the French and the Americans) is very amusing and pinpointingly detailed. The ...
...allows you to truly feel part of this dreamlike animation. Although barely a word is said in the film, there is no need, as the pure strength of the animation and the great soundtrack are already more than enough for our senses. I definitely recommend this animation for anyone who enjoys pure original, creative and talented work. ...

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When a friend suggested watching a silent, animated French film i was more than a little sceptical however only a few minutes into this weird and wonderful film i knew that it was going to be very interesting!!! The film opens with a large dog barking at a passing train, a very disproportionately muscled man riding a bicycle and his mother, a small french woman with one leg a lot shorter than the other. This soon leads to the Tour de France, a mafia ...

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This is a bizarre animated french film about the Tour de France (but don't let that put you off). It's animated in a quirky style and is reminiscent of Jeunet and Caro at their best, with strange characters popping up out of the industrial looking background. It's essentially about a young boy's obsession with cycling and his grandmother's determination to make him the best - no matter what the cost! She acquires his first bicycle for him and then ...

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