The City of Lost Children
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marc Caro
Ron Perlman
Daniel Emilfork
Judith Vittet
Dominique Pinon
Jean-claude Dreyfus
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Just off the coast of a dank, teeming harbor town, a horrible scientist named Krank lives on a mist-shrouded rig. He is aging prematurely because he lacks one vital function: the ability to dream. Krank's henchmen, a community of Cyclops, kidnap children from town and bring them to Krank so that he can harvest their dreams, invade them, and make them his own. He's assisted in the laboratory by the pint-sized Miss Bismuth; a disembodied brain known as Irvin; and six identical Clones. When Denree, a voracious toddler, is kidnapped by Krank's henchmen, he's pursued by One, a circus strongman who has adopted Denree as his little brother. Along the way, One is captured by Miette, a 9-year-old femme fatale and the leader of a gang of orphans who've developed a criminally ingenious strategy for survival. Together they embark on a harrowing adventure, finally confronting the evil Krank to do battle on the level field of the subconscious: within the world of a little boy's dream.
Cast
Ron Perlman
Daniel Emilfork
Judith Vittet
Dominique Pinon
Jean-claude Dreyfus
Genevieve Brunet
Odile Mallet
Mireille Mosse
Joseph Lucien
Serge Merlin
Francois Hadji-lazaro
Ticky Holgado
Dominique Bettenfeld
Lotfi Yahyajedidi
Thierry Gibault
Marc Caro
Mapi Galan
Briac Barthelemy
Alexis Pivot
Leo Rubion
Pierre Quentin-faesch
Frankie Pain
Guillaume Billod-morel
Ham-chau Luong
Hong-mai Thomas
Daniel Adric
Enrique Villanueva
Chris Huerta
Lorella Cravotta
Rene Marquant
Dominique Chevallier
Rene Pivot
Michel Smolianoff
Christophe Salengro
Eric Houzelot
Angelique Philibert
Marie Piemontese
Antoinette Dias
Zak Russomanno
Djamila Bouda
Lauren Geoffroy
Lili Cognard
Raphaele Bouchard
Babeth Etienne
Rachel Boulenger
Nane Germon
Buster Verbraeken
Jeremie Freund
Joris Geneste
Michel Motu
Eglantine Blanckaert
Gaetan Bouyala
Mickael Bussinger
Jonathan Gatinois
Joshka Kaufmann
Morgan Mariac
Caroline Marsily
Geoffroy Morange
Sebastien Thaissart
Charlotte Bienfait
Camille Dufeu
Robinson Fouille
Alysia Hoffeurt
Sandy Kontargyris
Andrew Laupen
Theo Madueno
Arthur Mazet
Fackry M'saidie
Gabriel Pierre
Berangere Pivot
Charlotte Ribaud-chevrey
Laura Robert
Caroline Rochand
Carolane Yvan
Jean-louis Trintignant
Crew
Gilles Adrien
Marc Amyot
Vincent Arnardi
Cyril Aubin
Cyril Aubin
Ailo August
Ailo Auguste-judith
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti
Philippe Beautier
Franck Benezech
Pierre-jacques Benichou
Aude Boedec
Aline Bonetto
Jean-baptist Bonetto
Pierre Buffin
Eric Caro
Marc Caro
Jean Jacques Damiani
Yves Domenjoud
Pierre Excoffier
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Jean-paul Gaultier
Olivier Gleyze
Gerard Hardy
Jean-pierre Jeunet
Jean-pierre Jeunet
Bruno Journee
Darius Khondji
Jean-philippe Labadie
Guillaume Laurant
Guillaume Laurant
Thierry Lebon
Philippe Lesourd
Arlette Mas
John Nollet
Claudie Ossard
Edith Pommerol
Elias Querejeta
Jean Rabasse
Gilles Saulnier
Bertrand Seitz
Herve Shneid
Jean-christophe Spadaccini
Daniel Szuster
Nathalie Tissier
Jean-marc Tostivint
Bruno Vignier
Aruna Villiers
Laurent Zeilig
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1996 Golden Reel award for foreign film sound editing from the Motion Picture Sound Editors.
Expanded Release in United States February 2, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 12, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 19, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 26, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 5, 1996
Released in United States December 22, 1995
Released in United States October 1995
Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996
Released in United States on Video June 23, 1996
Released in United States Winter December 15, 1995
Re-released in United States March 22, 1997
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.
Began shooting April 18, 1994.
Completed shooting Early September 1994.
aspect ratio 1:1.85
Expanded Release in United States January 5, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 12, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 19, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 26, 1996
Expanded Release in United States February 2, 1996
Re-released in United States March 22, 1997 (Laemmle's Sunset 5; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video June 23, 1996
Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.)
Released in United States Winter December 15, 1995 (NY)
Released in United States December 22, 1995 (Los Angeles)
