City of Lost Children


France, 1995 US Premiere

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".