La Cité Des Enfants Perdus

English Title:	The City Of Lost Children
Year:	1995
Country:	Europe
Language:	English
Genre:	Fantasy, Science Fiction
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	7.5 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	2 Have Seen


Director	Marc Caro
Selected Cast	Ron Perlman as One
	Daniel Emilfork as Krank
	Judith Vittet as Miette
	Dominique Pinon as le scaphandrier / les clones
	Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Marcello

Notes

France / Germany / Spain

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

The City Of Lost Children - Columbia TriStar - USA (1999)

Comments and Reviews


Magic Marmalade 23rd Jul 2023		(Just noticed this trailer mis-spells Ron Perlman's name...ouch! :)



Magic Marmalade 23rd Jul 2023		Rated 9/10 The grimmest modern fairy-tale. From the infamous, and brilliant film-making duo: Jeunet And Caro, who brought us the strange and brutally wonderful: Delicatessen, and later the almost perfect fantastical French rom-com: Amelie, and indeed the wildly under-rated, and nutty: Micmacs... (Although I'm not sure if both of them were involved in this last one) ...Comes this wildly imaginative, beautifully shot (as usual) brothers Grimm style fairy-tale of man who cannot dream, and so recruits his less ciriminally mastermind-ish cloned brothers to venture forth, from their adapted oil-rig-ish home, to the mainland, in order to steal lost and abandoned children (orphans, and street urchins and such), to be taken back to their lair, in order to be hooked up to him while he sleeps, so that their dreams may be his for the experiencing. One such kidnap-ee, is young girl Miette's even younger brother: "Little brother", whom she sets out to find, and recover, with the help of simple ex-circus strong-man: "One", from the clutches of this evil enterprise. This has quite astonishing set pieces, especially the one on the pier, with the boat, where a cain of extraordinary events escalates to an incredible climax, having been initiated by the intervention of a trained assassin flea! There's a mysterious man in a submarine, biding his time apart from, and beneath the city, in it's river ways, a pair of evil conjoined twins, and indeed, a large talking brain in a tank. ...Everything your average movie-lover craves! :) The look and style will obviously be familiar those who appreciated these aspects of Amelie, but there's also an incredible blend of evocative yesteryear circus stylings and characteristics, science fiction, and antique, turn of last century Paris... and all wrapped up, of course, in this very strong Fairy-tale story and vibe. The opening dream sequence alone is one of the most visually incredible renditions of a dream (that rapidly sours into a nightmare) you will ever have seen on screen... so much so, you begin to feel a little woozy and uncertain yourself, just watching it! It was quite a big deal on release, as I recall, although I didn't see it until, I think 97, at Glastonbury festival on the cinema there, and it seems to have been largely forgotten, which is an incredible shame, as this is an absolute masterpiece of imaginative story-telling, as well as being one of the most sumptuous, brilliantly shot movies of the nineties, and a truly unique experience. Cannot recommend enough. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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