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The Most Precious of Cargoes

French
November 20, 2024
1hr 21min

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The Most Precious of Cargoes Movie Details:

French titleLa Plus Précieuse des marchandises
Based onThe Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg
Country France, Belgium
Language French
GenreAnimation, Drama
Release date24 May 2024 (Cannes)
20 November 2024 (France)
Running time1hr 21min
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant
Grégory Gadebois
Denis Podalydès
Dominique Blanc
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Screenplay byMichel Hazanavicius
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Narrated byJean-Louis Trintignant
Produced byMichel Hazanavicius
Florence Gastaud
Robert Guédiguian
Christophe Jankovic
Riad Sattouf
Patrick Sobelman
Edited by Laurent Pelé-Piovani
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production CompanyLes Films du Fleuve
Prima Linea Productions
Studiocanal
Les Compagnons du Cinema
Ex Nihilo
Distributor StudioCanal

The Most Precious of Cargoes Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Jean-Louis Trintignant as the narrator
  • Grégory Gadebois as Woodcutter
  • Denis Podalydès as The Man with the Broken Face
  • Dominique Blanc as The Wife

Storyline:

The story centers on a Holocaust-surviving Jewish girl whose father throws her from a moving train heading to Auschwitz and ultimately found by a woodcutter and his family.

About The Most Precious of Cargoes Movie:

The Most Precious of Cargoes (French: La Plus Précieuse des marchandises) is a French animated drama film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius and with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Hazanavicius. The film is an adaptation of Grumberg’s 2019 novel of the same name.

The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 24 May 2024.

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