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The Triplets of Belleville at Michigan Theater
Courtesy of Mallory Shea | Posted on August 12, 2015
Where
Michigan Theater
603 East Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI
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When
Fri, February 19, 2016
8:00 pm
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A decade after it was first brought to the screen, Benoît Charest revives his music to the Oscar-nominated film The Triplets of Belleville with a remarkable cast of musicians. Kidnapped by mysterious, square-shouldered henchmen, a Tour de France cyclist named Champion is spirited across the ocean to the teeming metropolis of Belleville. His near-sighted grandmother and faithful dog follow his trail and are taken in by a trio of eccentric jazz-era divas. This beloved animated film is told almost exclusively through vaudevillian slapstick, but the real star is the red-hot jazz score by the acclaimed Canadian film composer and guitarist Benoît Charest, who leads his eight-piece orchestra in a live performance of his original score for the film. The group immediately transports audiences...