A event on Friday 30th May. The event starts at 19:00.
This event is part of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2025. Visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk to see the full line-up as well as buy Weekend/Day Passes.
From the Video Shop Archives | Dirs: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1995 | France | 112 mins | Cert. 15
After the success of Delicatessen (1991), directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro were given carte blanche. Despite their increased budget, they created a film that was no less weird and set to be as beloved a cult film as their debut release.
Set in an imaginary country, The City of Lost Children sees a monster and his army of clones capture children and steal their dreams, in an attempt to discover the secret of happiness. One of the children captured is the friend of Miette, an orphan young girl, who decides to do all she can to find him. She's helped in her task by One (Ron Perlman), a gentle carnival strongman.
With its incredible steampunk sets that take inspiration from the works of Jules Verne, the original Nosferatu and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, not to mention costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier and a haunting score by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr.), The City of Lost Children was exactly the sort of film you’d discover in your local video shop that would forever change how you look at fairy tales.
This film will be screened in its original French language with English subtitles with an intro from film journalist, podcaster and author of the Sound of Cinema Sean Wilson.
Thanks to StudioCanal, we shall be screening the 4K restoration of The City of Lost Children.
Entry requirements: 16+
From the Video Shop Archives | Dirs: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1995 | France | 112 mins | Cert. 15
After the success of Delicatessen (1991), directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro were given carte blanche. Despite their increased budget, they created a film that was no less weird and set to be as beloved a cult film as their debut release.
Set in an imaginary country, The City of Lost Children sees a monster and his army of clones capture children and steal their dreams, in an attempt to discover the secret of happiness. One of the children captured is the friend of Miette, an orphan young girl, who decides to do all she can to find him. She's helped in her task by One (Ron Perlman), a gentle carnival strongman.
With its incredible steampunk sets that take inspiration from the works of Jules Verne, the original Nosferatu and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, not to mention costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier and a haunting score by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr.), The City of Lost Children was exactly the sort of film you’d discover in your local video shop that would forever change how you look at fairy tales.
This film will be screened in its original French language with English subtitles with an intro from film journalist, podcaster and author of the Sound of Cinema Sean Wilson.
Thanks to StudioCanal, we shall be screening the 4K restoration of The City of Lost Children.
Entry requirements: 16+
Tickets for similar Bristol events.
