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Plot. Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a highly intelligent but malicious being created by a vanished scientist, is unable to dream, which causes him to age prematurely.
In a derelict port, a joyless genius has children abducted so their dreams can be harvested. It's left to the local circus strongman and an unusually mature street-kid to rescue their friends. Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams.
At the centre of the story is Krank, an intelligent but nasty piece of work whose inability to dream is causing him to age prematurely. In an attempt to stave off the ageing process, he has children stolen from their everyday lives and transported to his lair on an abandoned oil rig, where he sets about stealing their nocturnal thoughts.
- Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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- Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet
Plot. Krank ( Daniel Emilfork ), a highly intelligent but malicious being created by a vanished scientist, is unable to dream, which causes him to age prematurely.
Apr 10, 2023 · Before DELICATESSEN, though, Jeunet and Caro had completed a screenplay for an ambitious science fiction story about a dream-stealing scientist, a group of bickering clones, and a brain living in a fish tank called LA CITÉ DES ENFANTS PERDUS, or THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN.
May 17, 1995 · Essentially, The City of Lost Children is a macabre fairy tale, and while its tentacled comic-book plot and freak-show cast narrow its appeal...
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The City of Lost Children: Directed by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon. A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
