The City of Lost Children Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 112 mins
- Year produced:
- 1995
- Director:
- Marc Caro
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast:
- Ron Perlman
- Daniel Emilfork
- Judith Vittet
The City of Lost Children is a fantasy film that delights its audience visually and thrills them with its story. Evil scientist Krank doesn't have the ability to dream, so he kidnaps children in order to steal their dreams - and to uncover the secret to eternal youth. Once kidnapped, the children live in a bizarre city far out to sea: The City of Lost Children. When Krank's henchmen kidnap young Denree from his guardian, strongman One, he must find a way to get away from the evil scientist and his strange family. A wonderful French film full of imagination and life. (Subtitled)
- Average rating:
(3 votes)
Reviews
7 November 2008
Danny from St Marys College
A twisted tale of orphans and a scientist that is unable to dream. With conjoined twins and modified fleas, this is a twisted child’s tale for adults. This tale of how misfits banded together to save the day is nothing new and unfortunately ‘the City of Lost Children’ brings nothing fresh to the table. The film’s ultimate downfall is it’s ridiculous storyline. The evil scientist Krank does his best to tempt the children that he and his cyclops have kidnapped from the rough streets to stop having nightmares and dream happy dreams. However, when the dreaded cyclops kidnap Ron Perlman’s little brother, he sets out with a gang of abonded children to rescue him. The clones bring humour and the brain in a box is the most intriguing character. The santa scene is by far the best scene because of it’s childish creepiness.A good turn from Perlman but definately not his best work. And a great turn from Judith Vittet.However the scene they share when they look to each other as brother and sister is very creepy. This French film is definately not a classic but is worth a watch due to its fantastic visual appearance and gothic style.
12 November 2008
Rachael from St Marys College
the City of Lost Children is quite an odd film with the main story being about a man who steals children’s dreams. The settings and effects of the film are very good and I like the typical French feel which the film has. But the story line is not very in depth and so this makes it hard to be taken seriously. There were very strange parts which could be questioned as well, for example the relationship between the man and the little girl. In my opinion the dubbing of the film was not very good either and so this ruined it for me slightly. i found it very hard to take this film seriously in any way and instead found my self laughing my way through it .
Fascinating facts
Cast as One, American actor Ron Perlman couldn’t speak French at the time he made The City of Lost Children – but still learned all of his lines and delivered them perfectly.