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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Oct 16, 2013

1h 45m

★ 6.9

Discover the extravagant journey.

Overview

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Epithète Films

Tapioca Films

Filmarto

Gaumont

France 2 Cinéma

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Cast

Kyle Catlett

T.S. Spivet

Kyle Catlett

Helena Bonham Carter

Dr. Clair

Helena Bonham Carter

Judy Davis

G.H. Jibsen

Judy Davis

Callum Keith Rennie

Father

Callum Keith Rennie

Niamh Wilson

Gracie

Niamh Wilson

Jakob Davies

Layton

Jakob Davies

Rick Mercer

Roy

Rick Mercer

Robert Maillet

Giant Hobo

Robert Maillet

Dominique Pinon

Two Clouds

Dominique Pinon

Julian Richings

Ricky

Julian Richings

Richard Jutras

Lecturer

Richard Jutras

Mairtin O'Carrigan

Lecturer

Mairtin O'Carrigan

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