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

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Trailers

Cast

T.S. Spivet

Kyle Catlett

Dr. Clair

Helena Bonham Carter

G.H. Jibsen

Judy Davis

Father

Callum Keith Rennie

Gracie

Niamh Wilson

Layton

Jakob Davies

Roy

Rick Mercer

Giant Hobo

Robert Maillet

Two Clouds

Dominique Pinon

Ricky

Julian Richings

Lecturer

Richard Jutras

Lecturer

Mairtin O'Carrigan

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