The Most Precious of Cargoes
2024•+13•1h 21m•7.7•Released
AnimationDramaHistory
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.
Director
Michel Hazanavicius
Writer
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Revenue
$4M
Languages
French
Studio
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Cast
Dominique Blanc
Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois
Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès
Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Narrateur (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel
The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann
Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Simon Volodine
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Oleg Imbert
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Adam Carage
Red Army colonel (voice)
Production
Company
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Company
Les Films du Fleuve
Company
StudioCanal
Company
Prima Linéa Productions
Company
Les Compagnons du Cinéma
Company
VOO
Company
RTBF
Company
France 3 Cinéma
Company
BeTV
Producer
Valérie Schermann
Producer
Patrick Sobelman
Producer
Florence Gastaud
Producer
Robert Guédiguian
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