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The Most Precious of Cargoes

2024 · 81 min

A somber, fable-like animated drama that weighs heavily on the heart, blending stark wartime cruelty with quiet moments of tenderness.

Directed by
Michel Hazanavicius
Genres
Animation, Drama, History
Starring
Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès
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.

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Directed by
Michel Hazanavicius
Genres
Animation, Drama, History
Starring
Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • grief
  • war
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
animation, drama, history
Directed by
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Written by
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Starring
Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Serge Hazanavicius, Antonin Maurel, Matej Hofmann, Laurent Bateau
Music
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Runtime
81 min
Country
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