The Most Precious of Cargoes poster

The Most Precious of Cargoes

La Plus Précieuse des marchandises

20241h 21mAnimation · Drama · History
directed by Michel Hazanavicius
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7.7 / 10
196 votes
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7.1 / 10
1,855 votes
Metacritic
57 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
77%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Dominique Blanc·Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois·Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès·Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Jean-Louis Trintignant·Narrateur (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius·Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel·The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann·Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau·A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Simon Volodine·A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Oleg Imbert·A fellow woodcutter (voice)