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Feature film — 2024

The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024)

7.71h 21mAnimation — 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.

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A high-signal pick with 208 votes.

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo / Les Films du Fleuve / StudioCanal / Prima Linéa Productions / Les Compagnons du Cinéma / VOO / RTBF / France 3 Cinéma / BeTV

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Director: Michel Hazanavicius

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Cast & crew

Dominique Blanc as Wife (voice)

Dominique Blanc

Wife (voice)

Grégory Gadebois as Woodcutter (voice)

Grégory Gadebois

Woodcutter (voice)

Denis Podalydès as Man with the Broken Face (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Man with the Broken Face (voice)

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Narrateur (voice)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Narrateur (voice)

Serge Hazanavicius as Man in the mole hat (voice)

Serge Hazanavicius

Man in the mole hat (voice)

Antonin Maurel as The father (voice)

Antonin Maurel

The father (voice)

Matej Hofmann as Interpreter (voice)

Matej Hofmann

Interpreter (voice)

Laurent Bateau as A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Laurent Bateau

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

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Simon Volodine

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

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Oleg Imbert

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Adam Carage as Red Army colonel (voice)

Adam Carage

Red Army colonel (voice)

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