City of Lost Children France, 1995 US Premiere
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenwriters: Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Producer: Claudie Ossard
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji, A.F.C.
Editor: Herve Schneid
Cast: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judity Vittet, Dominque Pinon,
Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet, Odile Mallet
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Print Source: Sony Picture Classics
112 minutes
Another visually dazzling portrayal of a distorted parallel universe by the
directors of Delicatessen (1991), this wild futuristic fantasy follows the
adventures of a gentle giant who teams up with a resourceful, nine-year-old
"femme fatale" in a frantic effort to save his adopted younger brother from
the clutches of an evil scientist intent upon stealing the boy's dreams.
Eye-popping sets, ingenious special effects and costumes by Jean-Paul
Gaultier combine to make City of Lost Children the most astonishing visual
feast since Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".
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