The City of Lost Children
Synopsis
On a mist-shrouded rig in the sea, beyond an old minefield, Krank ages prematurely because he lacks one vital function : the ability to dream. And so he kidnaps children from the harbour town, to steal their happy dreams from them...
Credits
Actors (36)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Constellation Production
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 3 Cinéma, Lumière International
- Foreign production companies : Leonine (Tele München Group), Elias Querejeta PC
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (23)
- Executive Producer : Claudie Ossard
- Adaptation : Gilles Adrien
- Screenwriters : Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, Gilles Adrien
- Dialogue Writers : Gilles Adrien, Guillaume Laurant
- Director of Photography : Darius Khondji
- Music Composer : Angelo Badalamenti
- Editor : Hervé Schneid
- Sound recordists : Pierre Excoffier, Gérard Hardy
- Costume designer : Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Foreign Producer : Elias Querejeta
- Voice : Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Assistant Operators : Adrien Angliviel, Sophie Cadet, Philippe Le Sourd
- Camera Operator : Marc Koninckx
- Production Manager : Daniel Szuster
- Press Attaché (film) : Claude Davy
- Sound Editor : Laurent Kossayan
- Assistant editor : Katia Besimensky
- Continuity supervisor : Aruna Villiers
- Production Designer : Jean Rabasse
- Make-up Artist : Nathalie Tissier
- Sound Mixer : Thierry Lebon
- Still Photographer : Éric Caro
- Location Manager : Guillaume Favreau
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Science fiction , Legend
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Spain, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Spain, Germany)
- Production year : 1995
- French release : 17/05/1995
- Runtime : 1 h 52 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 81.347
- Visa issue date : 10/05/1995
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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News & awards
Selections (4)
Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1996
César Award for Best Production Design : Jean Rabasse
Delegations (1)
About
"It all started with an engraving by Gustave Dore and turned into 5,000 square metres of fake polystyrene bricks. Then, after fantasizing over paintings of De Chirico, we had more than 50 painters and sculptors working as craftsmen of mold, rust and humidiy. The set for "The City of Lost Children" was the object of a permanent exchange with Caro and Jeunet concerning the right atmosphere. We came out with references as varied and precise as Otto Dix and G. D. Friedrich, Gustave Eifffel, the streets of the Casbah, the London docks or the canals of Venice... One hell of mix... that we forgot as soon as possible to find the set's own logic, volume and colour. We set out with strong desires, the dreams of spoiled brats, and ended up in Europe's largest studio in Arpajon, a fundamental decision to make shooting as easy and fast as possible (...). A lot of people and work but with everyone highly motivated to create the setting for such a beautiful and surprising tale."
(Jean Rabasse - Set Designer)
