Bibliograph

The city of lost children, La cité des enfants perdus, a film by Jeunet & Caro ; a co-production of Constellation ; Lumiere, Le Studio Canal + [and others] ; produced by Claudie Ossard ; screenplay by Gilles Adrien [and others] ; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro

Type

Label

The city of lost children, La cité des enfants perdus, a film by Jeunet & Caro ; a co-production of Constellation ; Lumiere, Le Studio Canal + [and others] ; produced by Claudie Ossard ; screenplay by Gilles Adrien [and others] ; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R, for disturbing and grotesque images of violence and menace

Main title

The city of lost children

Medium

videorecording Blu-ray

Responsibility statement

a film by Jeunet & Caro ; a co-production of Constellation ; Lumiere, Le Studio Canal + [and others] ; produced by Claudie Ossard ; screenplay by Gilles Adrien [and others] ; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro

Runtime

112

Sub title

La cité des enfants perdus

Summary

This fantastically-twisted fairy tale is chock-full of curious characters and special effects. A sad and heartbroken madman, Krank, is aging prematurely because he can't dream. He kidnaps little children, hoping that eventually he will find a way to steal their sleeping thoughts. The story takes the form of a quest, as a sentimental harpooner-turned-fairground strongman, One, sets out to find his young brother on a dilapidated oil rig. He soon falls in love with the gutsy nine-year old girl (who is head of the orphan gang), and together they run a gauntlet of fantastical dangers as they join hearts and hands to save a small boy's dreams from the madman's master plan

Technique

live action