The City of Lost Children
1995
Where happily ever after is just a dream.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
User Rating
Intensity
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
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Details
- Directors
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
- Written by
- Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
- Produced by
- Arlette Mas, Claudie Ossard, Elías Querejeta
- Composer
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Cinematographer
- Darius Khondji
- Editor
- Hervé Schneid
- Sound Designer
- Jean-Pierre Halbwachs
- Studios
- Le Studio Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, Tele München
- Origin country
- France
- Production countries
- France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Language
- fr
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The City of the Lost Children
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (1,223 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 80% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 73/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (74,855 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1996)
Cast
Ron Perlman
One
Dominique Pinon
The Diver / The Clones
Judith Vittet
Miette
Daniel Emilfork
Krank
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Marcello
Geneviève Brunet
The Octopus
Odile Mallet
The Octopus
Mireille Mossé
Miss Bismuth
Serge Merlin
Gabriel Marie
Rufus
Peeler
Ticky Holgado
Ex-Acrobat
Cris Huerta
Father
Jean-Louis Trintignant
L'oncle Irvin (voice)
Joseph Lucien
Denree
Mapi Galán
Lune
Briac Barthélémy
Bottle
Pierre-Quentin Faesch
Pipo
Alexis Pivot
Tadpole
Crew
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
Marc Caro
Director
Gilles Adrien
Screenplay
Arlette Mas
Producer
Claudie Ossard
Producer
Elías Querejeta
Producer
François Rabes
Producer
Félicie Dutertre
Producer
José Luis Lopez
Producer
María Victoria Hebrero
Producer
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Darius Khondji
Director of Photography
