English Title: The City of Lost Children
Directed by: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: A fantasy set in a dark city where children are mysteriously disappearing.

Kitty Cameo: In one scene the child thieves, including Miette (Judith Vittet) and strongman One (Ron Perlman) are breaking into a room with a safe. To achieve this, Mietter uses a mouse with a magnet tied to its tail. She grates some cheese which is blown under the door. The mouse is then released into a vent where it seeks the grated cheese. The magnet catches the key on the floor which Miette has pushed from its place in the lock. Moments later a black cat is pushed through another vent and lands on the floor. The mouse runs back through the vent, pulling the key on the magnet behind him.

Final Mewsings: Maybe that’s what they mean by a cat burglar?

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