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Another wonderfully bizarre atmospheric
offering from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.
The City of Lost Children (French: La Cité des Enfants Perdus) is a dystopian 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
The movie revolves around a plot by the
mad scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who kidnaps children
to steal their dreams. Among them is the little brother
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).
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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) May 17, 1995
Running time 112 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget $18,000,000
Ron Perlman as One
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)
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Title
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Year |
Director |
Genre |
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1. |
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources |
1986 |
Claude Berri. |
Historical drama / modernised Greek
Tragedy |
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2. |
Gazon Maudit |
1995 |
Josiane Balasko |
Comedy |
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3. |
Le Retour de Martin Guerre |
1982 |
Daniel Vigne |
Historical Drama |
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4. |
La Cage Aux Folles |
1978 |
Edouard Molinaro |
Comedy |
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5. |
Delicatessen |
1991 |
Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
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6. |
Belle
de Jour |
1967 |
Luis Buñuel |
Erotic Drama |
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7. |
La
Belle et la Bête |
1946 |
Jean Cocteau |
Drama, Fantasy |
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8. |
Jules et Jim |
1961 |
François Truffaut |
Drama, Romance |
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9. |
Diva |
1981 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Thriller, Drama, Music |
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10. |
Jésus
de Montréal |
1989 |
Denys Arcand |
Drama |
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11. |
Ma Vie en Rose |
1997 |
Alain Berliner |
Comedy Drama |
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12. |
Un Coeur En Hiver |
1992 |
Claude Sautet |
Romantic Drama |
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13. |
Monsieur
Hire |
1989 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Romance |
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14. |
La Femme Nikita |
1990 |
Luc Besson |
Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance |
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15. |
Le
Placard |
2001 |
Francis Veber |
comedy Drama |
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16. |
La
Reine Margot |
1994 |
Patrice Chéreau |
Historical Drama. |
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17. |
Betty
Blue |
1986 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Romantic Drama |
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18. |
Le
Grand Bleu |
1988 |
Luc Besson |
Romantic Drama |
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19. |
La
Controverse de Valladolid |
1992 |
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe |
Historical Drama |
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20. |
Amélie |
2001 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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21. |
Les Visiteurs |
1993 |
Jean-Marie Poiré |
Fantasy, Comedy |
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22. |
Une
Hirondelle a Fait Le Printemps |
2001 |
Christian Carion |
Comedy Drama |
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23. |
Blue
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
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24. |
White
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
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25. |
Red
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
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26. |
Breathless |
1959 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
Drama |
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27. |
Caché |
2005 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
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28. |
La Cité des Enfants Perdus |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro |
Fantasy Drama |
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29. |
Ridicule |
1996 |
Patrice Leconte |
Historical (18thC) Drama |
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30. |
The
Last Metro |
1980 |
Francois Truffaut |
Historical (WW2) Drama |
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31. |
8 Femmes
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2001 |
Francois Ozon |
Drama |
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32. |
Les
Enfants du Paradis |
1945 |
Marcel Carne |
Drama |
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33. |
Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie |
1972. |
Luis Buñuel |
Surreal Black Comedy |
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La
Pianiste |
2001 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
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35. |
Les
Quatre Cent Coups |
1959 |
Francois Truffaut |
Drama |
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36. |
La
Haine |
1995 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
Drama |
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37. |
Swimming
Pool |
2003 |
Francois Ozon |
Psychological Thriller and Mystery |
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38. |
Cyrano
de Bergerac |
1990 |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
Historical (18C) Drama / Romance |
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39. |
Hiroshima,
Mon Amour |
1959 |
Alain Resnais |
Romantic Drama |
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40. |
La
Fille sur Le Pont |
1999 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Comedy, Romance |
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41. |
La
Double Vie de Véronique |
1991 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski, |
Psychological Drama |
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42. |
La
Lectrice |
1988
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Michel Deville |
Drama, Comedy |
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43. |
Lunes de Fiel (Bitter Moon) |
1992
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Roman Polanski |
Sado-masochistic Erotic Drama |
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