The City of Lost Children (1995)

Released: 1995-05-17 Duration: 1hr 53min

Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure

Rating 7.2

Youtube Source View on IMDb Watch On Flashare

Where happily ever after is just a dream.

Overview

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Production Companies

Victoires Productions

Constellation Productions

Claudie Ossard Productions

Eurimages

Club d'Investissement Média

Canal+ España

Studio Image

Cofimage 4

Cofimage 5

Elías Querejeta PC

France 3 Cinéma

Lumière Pictures

Ossane

Phoenix Images

PROCIREP

CNC

TVE

StudioCanal

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Sony Pictures Classics

Tele München

Additional Info

Budget	$18,000,000.00
Revenue	$1,738,611.00
Original Language	fr
Popularity	22.76

Directed By

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Marc Caro

Crew

Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Original Music Composer
Angelo Badalamenti

Production Design
Marc Caro

Director
Marc Caro

Set Decoration
Denis Ozenne

Producer
José Luis Lopez

Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Producer
María Victoria Hebrero

Editor
Hervé Schneid

Costume Design
Jean-Paul Gaultier

Producer
Claudie Ossard

Screenplay
Gilles Adrien

Producer
Arlette Mas

Producer
François Rabes

Director of Photography
Darius Khondji

Set Decoration
Georges Mougine

Screenplay
Marc Caro

Casting
Pierre-Jacques Bénichou

Set Decoration
Aline Bonetto

Producer
Félicie Dutertre

Art Direction
Jean Rabasse

Visual Effects
Pitof

Second Assistant Director
Grégoire Barachin

Sound Editor
Jean-Pierre Halbwachs

Foley Artist
Jean-Pierre Lelong

Special Effects
Lionel Mathis

Production Design
Jean Rabasse

Dialogue
Gilles Adrien

Additional Dialogue
Guillaume Laurant

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vincent Arnardi

Sound Editor
Vincent Guillon

Additional Dialogue
Jean-Pierre Jeunet

ADR Editor
Vianney Aube

Sound Designer
Jean-Pierre Halbwachs

Sound
Jean-Pierre Halbwachs

Sound Editor
Gérard Hardy

Sound Effects
Franck Lebon

Grip
Robert Dona

Unit Manager
Primitivo Álvaro

ADR Editor
Emmanuel Augeard

Stunts
Marcel Labbaye

Stunts
Catherine Robert

Electrician
Philippe Depardieu

Orchestrator
Angelo Badalamenti

Key Makeup Artist
Nathalie Tissier

Boom Operator
Laurent Zeilig

Special Effects
Delphine Doreau

Stunts
Jean-Loup Michou

Stunts
Philippe Vittoriani

Additional Photography
Michel Amathieu

Assistant Camera
Johanne Debas

Second Assistant Camera
Philippe Le Sourd

Assistant Editor
Katia Besimensky

Unit Manager
Bruno Vignier

Sound
Aïlo Auguste-Judith

Digital Compositor
Alain Carsoux

3D Animator
Arnon Manor

Stunts
Christophe Roblin

Music Editor
Darin A. Drennan

Continuity
Florence Magna-Schneid

First Assistant Camera
Adrien Angliviel

Electrician
Michel Sabourdy

Key Costumer
Madeline Fontaine

Digital Effects Supervisor
Pitof

3D Modeller
Frederic Soumagnas

Electrician
Eric Monin

Dresser
Janet Latimer

Location Manager
Sylvie Zadjner

Script Supervisor
Aruna Villiers

Set Decoration
Marie-Laure Valla

Unit Manager
Edith Pommerol

Sound
Lucien Balibar

Graphic Designer
Veronique Zylberfain

Orchestrator
Andrew Barrett

Production Secretary
Aude Boedec

Makeup Artist
Stéphanie Selva

Assistant Foley Artist
Mario Melchiorri

Set Supervisor
Delphine Domer

Visual Effects
Cédric Houplain

Stunts
Jean-Claude Braquet

Stunt Coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier

Grip
Vincent Blasco

Electrician
Bernard Gemähling

Key Grip
Yorgo Voyagis

Music Editor
Hervé Schneid

Music Producer
Angelo Badalamenti

Assistant Hairstylist
Beya Gasmi

Production Manager
Daniel Szuster

Sound Effects
Marc Caro

Sound
Aymeric Devoldère

Sound Effects
Laurent Kossayan

Special Effects
Philippe Alleton

Special Effects
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

3D Modeller
Jean-Marc Castera

3D Modeller
Arnon Manor

Assistant Camera
Agnès Letessier

Assistant Camera
Michel Revest

Assistant Editor
Beatriz Chamón

Makeup Artist
Benoît Lestang

Makeup Artist
Nathalie Tissier

Stunts
Michel Julienne

Stunts
Frederick Renard

Key Grip
Bruno Dubet

Assistant Camera
Jean-Hugues Oppel

Grip
Jean-Michel Vincent

Color Timer
Yvan Lucas

Musician
Andrew Barrett

Hairstylist
John Nollet

First Assistant Director
Jean-Marc Tostivint

Sound
Pierre Excoffier

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thierry Lebon

Special Effects
Yves Domenjoud

Special Effects
Olivier Gleyze

Animatronics Designer
Pascal Molina

Visual Effects Producer
Delphine Domer

Assistant Camera
Sophie Cadet

Steadicam Operator
Marc Koninckx

Gaffer
Pascal Pajaud

Casting Assistant
Nathanièle Esther

Conductor
Andrew Barrett

Conductor
Charles Samek

Music Consultant
René Taquet

Makeup Designer
Nathalie Tissier

First Assistant Director
Christophe Douchand

Sound Effects
Bruno Mercère

Special Effects
Jean-Baptiste Bonetto

Stunts
Eric Barone

Set Photographer
Eric Caro

Electrician
Luc Rondeau

Driver
Yvon Frémy

Finance
Gilles Caussade

Post Production Supervisor
Isabelle Morax

Assistant Production Manager
Fabien Pondevaux

Unit Manager
Gilles Saulnier

Sculptor
Pierre-Paul Jayne

Stunts
Christian Hening

Electrician
Franck Barrault

Assistant Camera
Christophe Beaucarne

Assistant Camera
Isabelle Casez

Camera Operator
Marc Koninckx

Electrician
Mikaël Monod

Catering
Sylvain Surble

ADR Recordist
Jean-Louis Lebras

Sound
Jacques Lévy

Animation
Jean-Marc Castera

Digital Compositor
Thomas Duval

Stunts
Rémi Canaple

Grip
Thierry Fonteny

Grip
Etienne Saldés

Casting Assistant
Gabrielle Beroff

Animation
Pierre Buffin

Stunts
Pascaline Girardot

Stunts
Stephane Ode

Stunt Driver
Christophe Roblin

Camera Operator
Amnon Israeli

Underwater Camera
Roland Savoye

Orchestrator
Darin A. Drennan

Unit Manager
Jean-Jacques Damiani

Sound Supervisor
Vincent Arnardi

Sound Recordist
Pierre Martens

Sound
Cyrille Zoukhotine

Sculptor
Denis Gastou

Visual Effects
Hubert Fourneaux

Negative Cutter
Colette Kassabian

Location Manager
Marie-Laure Villa

Producer
Elías Querejeta

Production Assistant
Svetlana Novak

TOP CAST

Similar Movies

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

7.1 View

Dances with Wolves

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

7.8 View

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

7.5 View

The Matrix

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

8.2 View

The Matrix Reloaded

Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.

7.1 View

The Matrix Revolutions

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

6.7 View

Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

7.4 View

The Wizard of Oz

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

7.6 View

THX 1138

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

6.4 View

Jurassic World Rebirth

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

0.0 View

Scorched Earth

After the apocalypse, all water is radioactive and deadly to drink. In this dystopian world, Gylian goes to extreme lengths to make sure her daughter gets the medication she needs to survive.

2.8 View

The Three Investigators and The Secret Of Skeleton Island

In "The Three Investigators and The Secret of Skeleton Island" the cult detective trio from Rocky Beach, California, fall into a breath-taking mixture of adventure, thriller and mystery. Only by a hairs-breadth did they escape with their lives after the successful completion of their last case.

6.1 View

Neurosi5

NEUROSI5 is a short film animation about the dark future of the mankind, driven through violence and sex, and how the existence of androids has been reduced only to meet the basic and primitive needs of the society.

10.0 View

Titan A.E.

A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.

6.6 View

Blueprint

The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom, in this way, she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being. In fact a blueprint: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment on nothing is as it was before...

4.3 View

Resident Evil: Extinction

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.

6.3 View

Youth Without Youth

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

6.1 View

Let's Visit the World of the Future

A travelogue inviting viewers of today to come visit the future. The person who found this mysterious 16mm film in his basement in 1973, Rev. Ivan Stang, later ran The SubGenius Foundation, the Slack Prophecy religion devoted to Texas cult religion salesman J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.

6.2 View

Quarantine

The main character of the film writes a diary. For over 20 years he has lived in a bunker and has not ventured outside. His only companions are ghosts of the past. He tries to find an explanation for the fateful course of events, which has destroyed the whole earth. The feeling of guilt does not leave him, as he believes that he could have prevented the apocalypse and the death of his beloved.