Watch: La Cité des Enfants Perdus 1995 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set in a dystopian society, someone is kidnapping the children. Krank and his band of clones are using the children to harvest their dreams. Then they kidnap Denree, the brother of One, a fairground strongman. One sets out to find his brother..
Plot: A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
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It’s so bizarre that it’s beautiful; it’s so illogical that it’s funny; it’s so dark that it’s so sweet.
It’s so bizarre that it’s beautiful; it’s so illogical that it’s funny; it’s so dark that it’s so sweet. That’s The City of the Lost Children. The plot it’s that the evil -and weird- Krank (Daniel Emilfork) kidnap children to stole their dreams due to the lack of his ability of dream. Or at least he did it, until it came One (Ron Perlman), in the search of his adoptive little brother, aided by Miette (Judith Vittet), a street smart orphan child.In technical aspects it’s a master piece. The decoration give a baroque sensation of always being in small places, yet it’s a full city populated of bizarre characters as the story itself.
The acting it’s great. I’m quiet impressed for the flawless french that Ron Perlman show us, he’s just simply astounding. I cannot say less of Judith Vittet, that being a child in that time she was a tremendous actress. The two have a good chemistry as a girl mature as an adult and a grow up man with the innocence of a kid.
I can’t say that this is a movie that everyone would like, because it’s not. It have a little of nonsense that might be not of the like of all the public. And all the dark atmosphere might be a little suffocating. So, take the risk and watch it, and then decide: you love it, or you hate it.
Both Appealing And Unappealing
For someone who loves wild visuals, I should have loved this film, but I found it too far out and simply very unappealing.Yes, it’s visually stunning but the story is disjointed. to say the least. If a viewer – and I am not alone in this opinion – is almost totally lost as to what’s going on for almost the entire film, you don’t care after awhile. And when you don’t care what’s going on, you lose interest no matter how good the visuals are. At least, that’s how I found this movie. Now I am judging this on the VHS version. Perhaps the DVD makes this so stunning that I wouldn’t care about the story, just being entertained by the visuals….but I haven’t seen it on disc yet so I don’t have an answer to that. I do remember the characters being too grungy and no one being particularly likable.
The dubbing in here also was horrible. Hopefully, the DVD offers subtitles, instead. One reviewer here said to give this movie a second chance, and perhaps that’s the answer. If I do, and like the film, I’ll delete this review.
Original Language fr
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min)
Budget 18000000
Revenue 1738611
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Actors Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet
Country France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, United States
Awards 5 wins & 14 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (intended & theatrical ratio) (hard matte)
Camera Technovision Cameras
Laboratory Laboratoires Franay Tirages Cinematographiques (LTC), Paris, France
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 100T 5248, EXR 200T 5293)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm