Les Triplettes de Belleville
Les Triplettes de Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville
DVD with audio track in English and Spanish but there is virtually no dialogue.
A complete French lesson plan for Les Triplettes de Belleville — ready to open and teach.
Sylvain Chomet's 2003 animated film has almost no dialogue — and it does not need any. A determined grandmother chases the Tour de France across the Atlantic to rescue her kidnapped cycling grandson, aided by three ancient, eccentric cabaret singers. The film is a visual argument that French culture is both magnificent and completely absurd, and students who barely know any French will love it.
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Les Triplettes de Belleville and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in French, and an answer key.
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📅 Teach it when it counts
- Tour de France (July): The film's central event becomes a cultural and linguistic teaching moment.
- Beginning of French 1: Near-wordless film lowers the barrier — students engage with culture before they have the vocabulary to explain it.
- Animation studies: The film's visual storytelling style is worth discussing in any media literacy unit.
Language: French | Director: Sylvain Chomet | Year: 2003
Level: Novice | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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Director: Sylvain Chomet
Cast: Michèle Caucheteux, (voice)Jean-Claude Donda(voice), Michel Robin(voice)
Audio: DVD with audio track in English and Spanish but there is virtually no dialogue.
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