The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children Promotional Movie Poster (France)
Directed by	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Marc Caro
Produced by	Félicie Dutertre
Written by	Gilles Adrien Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring	Ron Perlman Daniel Emilfork Judith Vittet Dominique Pinon
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography	Eric Caro Philippe LeSourd Darius Khondji
Editing by	Ailo August Herve Shneid
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	17 May 1995
Running time	112 minutes
Country	France United Kingdom Spain Germany
Language	French
Budget	$18,000,000
Box office	$15 845 190

The City of Lost Children (French: La Cité des enfants perdus Spanish: La Ciudad de los Niños Perdidos) is a dystopian^{[citation needed]} French fantasy/drama film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

A mad scientist, Krank (Daniel Emilfork), kidnaps children to steal their dreams. Among them is the little brother, Denree (Joseph Lucien) , of carnival strongman One (Ron Perlman), who sets out to rescue him with the help of a young, orphaned, thieves' guild member named Miette (Judith Vittet).

Cast

• Ron Perlman as One
• Joseph Lucien as Denree
• Daniel Emilfork as Krank
• Judith Vittet as Miette
• Dominique Pinon as the diver
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Marcello
• Rufus as Peeler
• Ticky Holgado as Ex-acrobat
• Marc Caro as Brother Ange-Joseph
• Jean-Louis Trintignant as L'oncle Irvin (voice)
• Mathieu Kassovitz as Man on the street (uncredited)
• Geneviève Brunet as la Pieuvre
• Odile Mallet as la Pieuvre

Reception

The film currently holds a 82% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews,^[2] and a Metascore of 73 on Metacritic.^[3] The film was a modest box office hit in France gaining 1,157,124 admissions; in North America it grossed $1,738,611, having had a limited run at a total of 36 theaters.

Video game

A video game based on the film was released in the US and in parts of Europe for the PlayStation console and PC.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The City of Lost Children". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3353/year/1995.html. Retrieved 2009-09-04. 
2. ^ "The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus) (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_of_lost_children/. 
3. ^ "The City of Lost Children". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-city-of-lost-children. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
4. ^ "City of Lost Children Video Game". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/196922.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22. 

External links

• The City of Lost Children Website at Sony Pictures
• The City of Lost Children at the Internet Movie Database
• The City of Lost Children at AllRovi
• The City of Lost Children at Rotten Tomatoes
• The City of Lost Children at Metacritic