Filming Locations: Studios 91 Arpajon, Saint-Germain-les-Arpajon, Essonne, France
Box Office Details
Budget: $18,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $1,513,028
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
During filming, Ron Perlman was bitten by the dog with the pulley and Judith Vittet was bitten by the mouse with the magnet.
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
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.
Quotes:
[after Mlle. Bismuth has been harpooned]
Clone:
Does it hurt? Mlle. Bismuth:
Yes, I'm allergic to steel.
User Review
My all time favorite
Rating: 10/10
The City of Lost Children is my all time favorite movie. It is unlike
anything I've ever seen or experienced before. It's a movie that I hold
dear to my heart and will never forget. I have to be honest though, the
first time I saw this movie, I really didn't like it at all. The story was
too confusing, and the characters were extremely weird and twisted. After
watching it a second and third time, however, I understood what was going on
more, and could spend more time looking at the visuals rather than the
subtitles. Speaking of visuals, this movie has it in spades. The
environment that Jean-Pierre Jeunet created is out of this world. The city
is very dark and the water looks as if there are secrets hidden within. The
mood the soundtrack sets is perfect for the scenery and the superb acting by
everybody (including the kids) just adds to the greatness of this flick. I
highly recommend this movie, it's one of those movies that you will never
forget watching, and the images will stay in your head for a very long time.
A beautiful, beautiful, movie. 10/10
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