Hey folks, Harry here... I saw the trailer for LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE on September 11th of this year, but didn't know if it was a feature, a short... what... What I thought at the time was that it looked like genius. The style, the motion, the animation, the sound... Everything about that oh too brief glimpse of LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE screamed genius. And now a French animator that didn't work on it, has seen it, fallen deeply in love and set out in a foriegn language to share their passion for the project with the likes of us. In all likelihood this is the first time you'll have heard of this film. From the look and sound of it, it mose certainly won't be the last. A feature animated film of an adult storytelling nature told with no dialogue and pure animation defying all the standards and rules of traditional modern animation... I CAN'T WAIT!!! Here you go...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AMAZING TRAILER!!!!

I'm french (excuse my terrible English) and I'm studying animation.

I believe in god now.I do believe.because yesterday I saw one of my dream becoming true. I saw "les triplettes de Belleville".an animated feature directed by Sylvain Chomet who gave us "la vieille dame et les pigeons".

you know,nowadays,only american and japanese company can give us high quality animated feature.and only japanes can give us high quality AND personnal animated feature.I love the iron giant and Pixar movies but they are made to make money. main characters are all healthy and charismatic even in Tim Burton's nightmare before Christmas.even in Lilo and Stich (Stich is a nice guy at the end....) so...only the japanese are doing great personnal animated feature...

WRONG

WRONG

WRONG

I couldn't believe it but Sylvain Chomet did what I dreamt of : a personnal animated feature which kicks ass very hard. animation at its best.beautiful backgrounds.incredible designs.and so personnal. Chomet did the designs. Chomet directed the animation. Chomet drew the previous backgrounds.

it looks like nothing.the character designs are way far from japanese or american film.(see the trailer above) the animation is as good as Disney's(really) but completely different.I can't describe it. it was my first time seeing something like that. and the story...well,it's not a Disney or a Ghibli story!

a young boy lives with his Grandmother in a little village near Belleville(which looks like old New York) his Grandmother tries to make him happy but fails most of the time.and then she discover that her son wants to be a cyclist. 15 years later,the boy is a cyclist and is riding for "le tour de france"the most important riding competition in France. but on his ride,he's kidnapped with 2 other cyclists.why? because in Belleville the ambassade of french wine is making illegal bets on cyclists.... so,his Grandmother comes to rescue him with three old singing ladies...

the story is quite simple,but it allows Chomet to put a lot of funny and weird characters like the stupid dog "bruno" and the three old ladies. and Chomet tells the story in his own way. and that means....(you won't believe it...)

NO DIALOGUES.just animation.and the animation is so good that you understand everything.it's incredible and it works!!!a guy just told me that he realized there were no dialogues after 45 minutes of film!

NO YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS.they are all ugly,old,fat or too thin.the dog is stupid and the grandmother has a leg longer than the other one. but they are all funny.

NO MORAL ENDING,NO LOVE STORY.

NO VIOLENCE,NO SEX.sometimes it's useless...

but

HUMOR.the movie is really funny.there's a lot of incredible details that made me laugh. like the old lady who goes fishing for frogs with a 1914 grenade...

FRENCH TASTE.just like Jean Pierre Jeunet's Amelie.but even more frenchy.it's not about Paris.it's about France. little people in little villages.

VERY HIGH QUALITY.the cgi are perfect,the animation is one of the best work I have ever seen....

A 10 miles/h CHASE with citroen 2cv.absolutely crazy.

everybody in the cinema loved it.there were guys from Disney and Pixar and Dreamworks.they were all amazed. My whole body was shaking.

and I realized one thing yesterday...I learned what was the meaning of a word that I use too many times.

this word is "masterpiece".and I only saw three in my life.

Blade runner

princess mononoke

and now "les triplettes de Belleville."

you will see what I mean when you'll see it at the Cannes film festival.

I believe in god because of this film.trust me.

call me PORCO ROSSO.