Too good to miss. Another example of a modern director taking animation to a compete other level! Don't let the fact that there's no spoken dialogue keep you from this one, because that in fact only increases its intimacy and charm...but I'll let the pros describe it. It's groundbreaking animation and a movie with an incredible amount of heart. I loved it, really, just go out and get it.
Our gurus and pals (at least till they sue me for copyright infringement) from Wikipedia say:
The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a Belgium-Quebec-France coproduced 2003 animated surreal adventure film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom. The film is Chomet's first feature film and was an international co-production between companies in France, United Kingdom, Belgium and Canada.
The film features the voices of Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, and Monica Viegas; there is little dialogue, the majority of the film story being told 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. She is joined by the triplets of Belleville, music hall singers from the 1930s, who she meets in the city, and her obese hound dog, Bruno.
The film was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique (and somewhat retro) style of animation. 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.
...The trailer here is a visually bit too dark in places, but the film itself is not...
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Cool. I have this movie.
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