The Most Precious of Cargoes

Michel Hazanavicius
RELEASE Thu 20 Mar

The Most Precious of Cargoes is a touching and poetic animated film based on the eponymous book by Jean-Claude Grumberg. The animation by director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) offers a unique perspective on the Holocaust and is praised for the refinement with which it weaves the brutal reality of war into a fairy-tale-like aesthetic.

While World War II tears the world apart, a poor woodcutter and his wife live in a vast forest. One day, the woman finds a baby who has been thrown from a deportation train by her father in a desperate attempt to save the girl. Despite all the dangers and their own prejudices, the couple decides to protect the child. This act of compassion brings irrevocable changes to their lives and to the lives of those who cross the child's path.

The Most Precious of Cargoes
Direction
Michel Hazanavicius
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant (Voice), Grégory Gadebois (Voice), Dominique Blanc (Voice)
Duration
81 min
RELEASE
Thu 20 Mar
Year
2024
Country
France
Language
French
Subtitles
Dutch
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