The City of Lost Children
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| Produced by | Félicie Dutertre |
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| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
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| Language | French |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $1.7 million |
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| GameRankings | 60% (PC) 54.50% (PS) |
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| Edge | 4 out of 10 (PS) |
| Game Informer | 5.5 out of 10 (PS) |
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| GameSpot | 4.6 out of 10 (PC) 3.8 out of 10 (PS) |
| IGN | 5 out of 10 (PS) |
| PC Gamer (US) | 48% |
| PC Zone | 84% |
The City of Lost Children (French: La cité des enfants perdus) is a 1995 science fantasy drama 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 and Amélie.
The music score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a demented scientist, kidnaps children from a port city to steal their dreams, as he is incapable of having his own. Among them is Denree (Joseph Lucien), the adopted little brother of carnival strongman and former whaler One (Ron Perlman), who sets out to rescue him. Assisting him is a little girl named Miette (Judith Vittet), a member of a thieves' guild of orphaned children. They delve into the world of a bio-mechanical cult and discover the connection between Krank and Denree.
Krank is both aided and hindered by his "family," a group of bioengineered beings created by an absent genius. They support themselves by supplying prosthetic eyes and ears to the cult, which believes the items can help them see a deeper reality. In return, the cult abducts children to be subjects for Krank's experiments. Krank uses a machine to steal children's dreams for himself. However, he does not understand that by kidnapping the children, he frightens them and causes them to have only nightmares, which are worthless to him.
Miette's guild hires One to help them steal a large safe. The theft is successful but the safe is lost in the harbor when One is distracted by seeing Denree's kidnappers. The guild orders circus performer Marcello (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) to return One to them. Marcello allows Miette to fall in the harbor and drown while rescuing One from the cult. Miette is rescued by an amnesiac diver living beneath the harbor, who bears resemblance to a group of clones in Krank's family.
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