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The Triplets of Belleville
Why this pick
A visually idiosyncratic French animated fable with near-silent comic storytelling, grotesque warmth, and a wonderfully strange world built through expressive design.
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MOVIE2012 1h 20m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bernard Alane
Mishima
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Le joli garçon