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Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Joseph Lucien, Jean-Louis Trintignant
In a futuristic city, a daemonic scientist named Krank kidnaps children to tap into their dreams.
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Jenet & Caro are masters of cinema, this is a great follow up to their superb Delicatessen. A stunning film with some great characters and beautiful sets.
A mad genius is stealing the dreams of children in a fairy tale city; dim strongman Ron Perlman teams up with a streetwise urchin to get his kidnapped "little brother" back from the fiend. A triumph of the imagination: an amazingly detailed, weird, yet cohesive universe, with tw...( read more)
City Of Lost Children is a hard film to review. I love directors like Del Toro, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. These are filmmakers that try to push the levels of imagination that we expect from movies and trust me as a visual experience Jeunet makes something ...( read more)
A visual masterpiece from Jeunet. Judith Vittet who plays Miette is an amazing little actress. A shame she hasn't done that much since.
Ron Perlman being French and pulling it off with grace. Go figure. A beautiful film.
Absolutely amazing to watch, but what's happening? I'm not sure, good thing it's got subs...
Still not sure...
Beautiful, hilarious, and extremely twisted. One of the most creative films I've ever seen.
Here's a film which could only come from France. It's beautifully bizzare, witty, and quite dark at the same time.
