The Most Precious of Cargoes Movie Details:
French title | La Plus Précieuse des marchandises |
Based on | The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg |
Country | France, Belgium |
Language | French |
Genre | Animation, Drama |
Release date | 24 May 2024 (Cannes) 20 November 2024 (France) |
Running time | 1hr 21min |
Starring | Jean-Louis Trintignant Grégory Gadebois Denis Podalydès Dominique Blanc |
Directed by | Michel Hazanavicius |
Screenplay by | Michel Hazanavicius Jean-Claude Grumberg |
Narrated by | Jean-Louis Trintignant |
Produced by | Michel Hazanavicius Florence Gastaud Robert Guédiguian Christophe Jankovic Riad Sattouf Patrick Sobelman |
Edited by | Laurent Pelé-Piovani |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Production Company | Les 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.