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Animation. Adopted by his grandmother, Madame Souza, Champion grows up from a lonely little boy to being a talented cyclist, trained by his grandmother. However, on the eve of his participation in the world-famous Tour de France, he is kidnapped. Madame Souza and her faithful dog, Bruno, set off to find him.

©2002 Les Armateurs/Production Champion Inc/Vivi Film/France 3 Cinéma/RGP France Presenting a Les Armateurs production in association with Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma, RGP France in partnership with Canal+, sofica Gimages 3 and Cofimage 12 a France-Canada-Belgium co-production with Téléfilm Canada and SODEC - Société de développement des enterprises culturelles, Québec supported by Centre National de la Cinématographie, Cartoon, Media Programme of the European Union, Procirep, BBC Bristol and BBC Worldwide with assistance from Fonds Film in Vlaanderen and National Loterij a Sylvain Chomet film [end] Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry with the participation of Canal+ in association with Cofimage 12 in association with Gimages 3 with the participation of the Poitou-Charentes Region with the participation of the Département, with the support from Conseil Général de la Charente in association with BBC Bristol and BBC Worldwide with the participation of the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et du Centre National de la Cinématographie with the support from European Union Media Programme and Cartoon for The Old Lady and the Pigeons, Cartoon d'Or 97 with the support from Fonds Film in Vlaanderen and the National Loterij produced with Téléfilm Canada in the scope of a Canada-France co-production SODEC - Société de développement des enterprises culturelles, Québec produced in association with The Movie Network and Super Ecran Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit Canada, The Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit Dolby Digital In Colour Subtitles Film Extracts: Jour de fête (1949) visa d'expl. 96.346 35mm [1:1.85]