The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024)

  • NR
  • 08/14/2024 (AU)
  • Animation, Drama, History
  • 1h 21m

Overview

Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross - including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.

Michel Hazanavicius

Director, Screenplay

Jean-Claude Grumberg

Screenplay

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant's headshot

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Narrateur (voice)
Dominique Blanc's headshot

Dominique Blanc

Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois's headshot

Grégory Gadebois

Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès's headshot

Denis Podalydès

Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius's headshot

Serge Hazanavicius

Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel's headshot

Antonin Maurel

The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann's headshot

Matej Hofmann

Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau's headshot

Laurent Bateau

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

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