Belleville Rendez-Vous

Champion, a sad and lonely young boy, has recently been adopted by Madam Sousa, a Portuguese widow. Noticing his passion for cycling, Madam Sousa convinces Champion to embark on an intensive training program. His training is so successful that he eventually qualifies as a cyclist in the famous Tour de France. During the race, however, Champion is kidnapped by two members of the French Mafia. Madam Sousa and her faithful dog Bruno go off in search of him, and their travels take them to the city of Belleville, in Canada. There, they meet the Triplettes de Belleville, a “home-made-jazz” trio of three elderly ladies who decide to take Madam Sousa and Bruno under their wing. Thanks to Bruno’s sense of smell, they pick up Champion’s trace. Will they succeed in undermining the French Mafia’s plans?

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Sylvain Chomet
Director

A well-known creator of comic strips, Sylvain Chomet directed his first animated short, Ça va, ça va !, in 1990. While pursuing his career in comic strips, he and partner Nicolas de Crécy made La Vieille Dame et les pigeons (1995), a medium-length film which won several international awards, including the Grand Prize at the World Animation Celebration in Los Angeles, the BAFTA Award for best animated film, in London, and the Cartoon d’Or for best European animated film. Belleville Rendez-Vous is his first feature film.

Productions Mégafun inc. (Les)
Director

35 mm

75 minutes

Colour

Aspect ratio

1.66

Original version in French

Dubbed in English

Dubbed in Flemish

Producer

Paul Cadieux

Director

Sylvain Chomet

Art Director

Sylvain Chomet

Music

Benoît Charest

Production

Production Champion inc.
3401, rue Saint-Antoine Ouest
Westmount, Quebec
H3Z 1X1
(514) 931-6190
(514) 939-2034
pcadieux@megafun.ca
www.lestriplettesdebelleville.com