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The Most Precious of Cargoes

The Most Precious of Cargoes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 2024

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Animation, Drama, History

Original Title

La plus précieuse des marchandises

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

Director

Michel Hazanavicius

Description

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.