movie
1995 · France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
The City of Lost Children
Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
- rescue
- friendship
- island
- dreams
- clone
- dystopia
- eye
- aging
- steampunk
- childhood
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus — Marcello
- Geneviève Brunet — The Octopus
- Odile Mallet — The Octopus
- Mireille Mossé — Miss Bismuth
- Serge Merlin — Gabriel Marie
- Rufus — Peeler
- Ticky Holgado — Ex-Acrobat
- Cris Huerta — Father
- Jean-Louis Trintignant — L'oncle Irvin (voice)
- Joseph Lucien — Denree
- Mapi Galán — Lune
- Directed
- Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Written
- Marc Caro, Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 1,256 ratings
- Studio
- Constellation, Lumière Pictures, Le Studio Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, Elías Querejeta PC, Tele München
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
