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Big_Adam
Belleville Rendez-vous (2003)
Director : Sylvain Chomet
Run Time : 80mins.
Plot outline : The story of a young boy (Champion) whom gorws up in the care of his dear grandmother (Madame Souza). The boy has a sad life, so to cheer him up Madame Souza buys him a Dog (Bruno) as well as toy trains and other things children like. All no no avail. Until, while making the boys bed Souza discovers a book of clipping about bikes and bike racing. So she buys the boy a bike and his life as a cyclist begin. (Time lapse) The child grows up to be a cyclist to take part in the Tour De France (okay, thats not it’s name but I can’t think of it now). While he is racing he mysteriously is kidnapped and taken to America. Why…..who know (watch the film!).
Review: A french film, I’ll say that now. So be prepared subtitles. Only a few but you can get through okay with a little understanding of french. The film itself is wonderfully done, the animation style and the caricature style of the people and places is good. From a tiny French woman to MASSIVE Americans.
The story plods along nicely, maybe a bit slow at time but not so slow as to bore you. It keeps you interested and entertained by it’s unique people in the film and the fascinating places they visit. Everything stretched and distressed to cartoon form, cars, people, places all twisted in their own weird and wonderful way.
I did really enjoy this film, I have watched it before but it was heavily editited to take out a few bits. Watched it on DVD this time so that wasn’t a problem for me.
All in all, I’d give it……. 7/10. Good, I enjoyed it no real bad points.
Adam, this is a wonderful film. I actually saw it at the cinema.
It always makes me smile when I think back to the way Bruno always barked at the passing trains and then it cut to the train’s perspective and Bruno was all in slow motion. (8+)
Good film and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Aye, was rather good. I do like my random films.
are you sure you didn’t just make that all up using a name from the Captcha thing?