The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024)

7.7/10 81 min Animation Drama History

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.

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)

Adam Carage

Red Army colonel (voice)

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