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The Most Precious of Cargoes
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The Most Precious of Cargoes

Nov 20, 2024
1h 21m
★ 7.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation
Drama
History

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

Wife (voice)

Dominique Blanc

Grégory Gadebois

Woodcutter (voice)

Grégory Gadebois

Denis Podalydès

Man with the Broken Face (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Narrateur (voice)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Serge Hazanavicius

Man in the mole hat (voice)

Serge Hazanavicius

Antonin Maurel

The father (voice)

Antonin Maurel

Matej Hofmann

Interpreter (voice)

Matej Hofmann

Laurent Bateau

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Laurent Bateau

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A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Simon Volodine

No Image

A fellow woodcutter (voice)

Oleg Imbert

Adam Carage

Red Army colonel (voice)

Adam Carage

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