The City of Lost Children

Year:

1995

Duration:

112 min

Genres:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Marc Caro

Awards:

2 wins & 11 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1995-12-15

Filming Locations: Studios 91 Arpajon, Saint-Germain-les-Arpajon, Essonne, France

Earnings

Budget: $18,000,000

Gross: $1,513,028 (USA) Admissions 1,157,124 (France)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mathieu Kassovitz

Ron Perlman

One

Daniel Emilfork

Krank

Judith Vittet

Miette

Dominique Pinon

le scaphandrier

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Marcello

Geneviève Brunet

la Pieuvre

Odile Mallet

la Pieuvre

Mireille Mossé

Mademoiselle Bismuth

Serge Merlin

Gabriel Marie (Cyclops Leader)

Rufus

Peeler

Ticky Holgado

Ex-acrobat

Joseph Lucien

Denree

Mapi Galán

Lune

Briac Barthélémy

Bottle

Pierre-Quentin Faesch

Pipo

Alexis Pivot

Tadpole

Léo Rubion

Jeannot

Guillaume Billod-Morel

Child

François Hadji-Lazaro

Killer

Dominique Bettenfeld

Bogdan

Lotfi Yahya Jedidi

Melchior

Thierry Gibault

Brutus

Marc Caro

Brother Ange-Joseph

Jean-Louis Trintignant

L'oncle Irvin

Ham-Chau Luong

Tattoo Artist

Bezak

Helmsman

Thomas Hong-Maï

Tattoo Artist's Wife

Frankie Pain

Barmaid (as Frankie)

René Pivot

Glazier

Daniel Adric

Cyclops

Christophe Salengro

Soldier

René Marquant

Captain

Enrique Villanueva

Spainard

Dominique Chevalier

Tied-up Guard (as Dominique)

Cris Huerta

Father (as Chris Huerta)

Lorella Cravotta

Woman at her

Michel Smolianoff

Awake Tramp

Éric Houzelot

Soldier

Lili Cognard

Winner

Angélique Philibert

Stripper

Marie Piémontèse

Stripper

Antoinette Dias

Stripper

Zak Russomanno

Stripper

Djamila Bouda

Stripper

Philippe Beautier

Double Clones

Lauren Geoffroy

Stripper

Marc Amyot

Double Clones #2

Jean-Philippe Labadie

Double Clones

Cyril Aubin

Double Clones #4

Raphaèle Bouchard

Miette, age

Bruno Journée

Double Clones #5

Jérémie Freund

Krank, age 12

Elisabeth Etienne

Miette, age 37

Joris Geneste

Krank, age 36

Rachel Boulenger

Miette, age 43

Michel Motu

Krank, age 45

Nane Germon

Miette, age 82

Julie Bernard

Child

Valentin Simonet

Child

Eglantine Blanckaert

Schoolchild

Gaëtan Bouyala

Schoolchild

Mickael Bussinger

Schoolchild

Jonathan Gatinois

Schoolchild

Joshka Kaufmann

Schoolchild

Morgan Mariac

Schoolchild

Caroline Marsily

Schoolchild

Geoffroy Morange

Schoolchild

Sébastien Thaissart

Schoolchild

Charlotte Bienfait

Baby

Camille Dufeu

Baby

Robinson Fouille

Baby

Alysia Hoffeurt

Baby

Sandy Kontargyris

Baby

Andrew Laupen

Baby

Théo Madueno

Baby

Arthur Mazet

Baby

Fackry M'Saidie

Baby

Gabriel Pierre

Baby

Bérangère Pivot

Baby

Charlotte Ribaud-Chevrey

Baby

Laura Robert

Baby

Caroline Rochand

Baby

Carolane Yvan

Baby

Margot Tostivint

Baby

Buster Verbraeken

Krank, age 4

Did you know?

Trivia

Opening film at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

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In the DVD commentary, Ron Perlman said out of everything he'd done in his acting career, the scene where his character attacks Miette under the influence of the Octopus sisters was what he hated most.

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During filming, Ron Perlman was bitten by the dog with the pulley and Judith Vittet was bitten by the mouse with the magnet.

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Goofs

When stealing the safe, Miette and the other thieves use an unnecessarily complicated method to retrieve the apartment key. As the magnet easily fit underneath the door, they could have attained the key by attaching the magnet to a stick or a piece of string and retrieving it themselves, thus obviating the use of the cheese, mouse, and cat. This is, in fact, the joke of the scene and was used intentionally for the sake of originality and entertainment value.

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The words from The Original that Miette remembers in flashback (after she receives Uncle Irvin's dream message) differ slightly from what The Original actually said, although the point of the message is still the same.

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Quotes

L'oncle Irvin: [after Krank's latest failiure] Who stole the child's dreams? Krank, in his evil schemes. But the happy tale had a sting in it's tail. The genius has a fit of pique, hear the genius shriek, the 'genius' is up a creek.

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Krank: Quiet! You vegetable!

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One: Miette too little.

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Faq

Q

Why do One and Miette need the map through the minefield if they easily avoid the mines with a rowboat?

A

While the map shows the way to safely navigate through the minefield, it also reveals the secret location of Crank's Laboratory. It is for this latter use that One and Miette need the map.This is revealed (albeit equivocally) in the conversation between The Original (credited as "The Diver") and Miette:The Original: "The Children!"Miette: "What about them? What do you know?"The Original: "He takes them. The Devil takes them away. In his boat.... he takes them to Hell"Miette: "What Hell?"The Original: "The tattooed man: he knows where. The map...the map of the minefield is tattooed on his body"Miette later remembers this latter quote in flashback after receiving Uncle Irvin's "Dream" message.

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