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The Most Precious of Cargoes

The Most Precious of Cargoes

20247.71h 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.

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Written by Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Produced by Valérie Schermann, Patrick Sobelman, Riad Sattouf
Box Office0Revenue: $4.3M

Top Cast

Dominique Blanc

Dominique Blanc

Wife (voice)

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Woodcutter (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Man with the Broken Face (voice)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Narrateur (voice)

Serge Hazanavicius

Serge Hazanavicius

Man in the mole hat (voice)

Antonin Maurel

Antonin Maurel

The father (voice)

Matej Hofmann

Matej Hofmann

Interpreter (voice)

Laurent Bateau

Laurent Bateau

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

S

Simon Volodine

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

O

Oleg Imbert

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookholocaust (shoah)family relationshipsadult animationhistorical drama1940sabandoned baby

About The Most Precious of Cargoes

The Most Precious of Cargoes is a animation, drama, history film released in 2024 exploring themes of based on novel or book, holocaust (shoah), family relationships, adult animation, historical drama, 1940s. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, it stars Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès. 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.

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