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La Cité des Enfants Perdus

Fantasy somewhere between the Pied Piper and Roald Dahl’s the BFG, from Amelie and Delicatessen  director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The main protaganist Krank is aging prematurely because he lacks the ability to dream, so he kidnaps children from a nearby town and takes them to his abandoned oil rig in the sea, where he steals their dreams.

Certificate and duration:

15, 108 minutes

Language(s) of soundtrack:

French, English

Starring:

Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Geneviève Brunet, Odile Mallet, Mireille Mossé, Serge Merlin.

Year:

1995

DVD release date:

21st January 2002

Studios:

Columbia/Tristar Studios

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