The Most Precious of Cargoes
La plus précieuse des marchandises
Release: 2024-11-20
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 7.6
Animation
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Belgium
Production Companies
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Les Films du Fleuve
StudioCanal
Prima Linéa Productions
Les Compagnons du Cinéma
VOO
RTBF
France 3 Cinéma
BeTV
Cast
Dominique Blanc
as Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois
as Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès
as Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Narrateur (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
as Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel
as The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann
as Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau
as A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Adam Carage
as Red Army colonel (voice)
Crew
Luc Dardenne
Co-Producer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Co-Producer
Michel Hazanavicius
Director
Riad Sattouf
Producer
Robert Guédiguian
Producer
Michel Hazanavicius
Producer
Alexandre Desplat
Music
Michel Hazanavicius
Screenplay
Selim Azzazi
Sound Designer
Peter Bernaers
Colorist
Alexandre Desplat
Original Music Composer
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Story
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Screenplay