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Original title: La Cité des enfants perdus
Release Date
• USA: Dec 15, 1995
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 19, 1999
• R2: 21 Jan 2002
Budget $18,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for disturbing and grotesque images of violence and menace.
Running Time
1 hour, 52 minutes
Country France, Germany, Spain
Production Companies
Club d'Investissement Média, Eurimages, Studio Image, Canal+ España, Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Cofimage 4, Cofimage 5, Constellation, Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., France 3 Cinéma, Lumi&#
Studio Canal Plus, France 3 Cinema, Lumière
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Other Titles
• The City of Lost Children
• La Cité des enfants perdus (1995)
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Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Kidnapping, Fantasy, Mad Scientists, Suspense, Monsters, Escape, Surreal, Robots, Christmas, Thieves, Black Comedy, Love, Gangsters, Psychos, Cult Classic, Sea
Tagline: Where happily ever after is just a dream.
Plot: In THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, an imaginative fantasy from the creators of DELICATESSEN, a prematurely aging mad scientist named Krank (Daniel Emilfork) kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams. However, Krank runs into trouble when his henchmen grab Denrée (Joseph Lucien), a little boy whose adopted brother, One (Ron Perelman), is a circus strongman. One desperately tries to find Denrée and begs for help from Miette (Judith Vittet), a 9-year-old girl who heads up a gang of orphans. Together, One and Miette finally find Krank's castle, meeting along the way the lost identical brother--the original--of the three clones (each played by Dominique Pinon) who serve as Krank's assistants.French directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet once again prove their technical prowess with this dark fairy tale, which features outstanding performances from its youthful cast (most notably Vittet). As is the case with DELICATESSEN, however, their genius in constructing a highly artificial, beautiful, believable world threatens to overshadow the story. But even the fantastic sets cannot compare to the bizarre spectacles that Jeunet and Caro dream up. In one unforgettable scene, a pair of evil Siamese twin sisters prepare dinner, their four arms working perfectly in sync--one holding
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