The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a 1995 science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Jeunet and Gilles Adrien, and starring Ron Perlman. An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, the film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen (1991) and Amélie (2001).
Plot
Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a highly intelligent but malicious being created by a vanished scientist, is unable to dream, which causes him to age prematurely. At his lair on an abandoned oil rig (which he shares with the scientist's other creations: six childish clones, a dwarf named Martha, and a brain in a vat named Irvin) he uses a dream-extracting machine to steal dreams from children. The children are kidnapped for him from a nearby port city by a cyborg cult called the Cyclops, whom in exchange he supplies with mechanical eyes and ears. Among the kidnapped is Denrée (Joseph Lucien), the adopted little brother of carnival strongman One (Ron Perlman).
Cast
- Alexis Pivot
- Arthur Mazet
- Babeth Étienne
- Christophe Salengro
- Cyril Aubin
- Daniel Emilfork
- Dominique Bettenfeld
- Dominique Chevalier
- Dominique Pinon
- Enrique Villanueva
- François Hadji-Lazaro
- Frankie Pain
- Geneviève Brunet
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Jean-Philippe Labadie
- Judith Vittet
- Lorella Cravotta
- Mapi Galán
- Marc Caro
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Mireille Mossé
- Nane Germon
- Odile Mallet
- Raphaèle Bouchard
- Ron Perlman
- Rufus
- Serge Merlin
- Thierry Gibault
- Ticky Holgado