La Plus Précieuse des marchandises
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.
The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) is a animation, drama and history film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, released on November 20, 2024 with a runtime of 1h 21m. It stars Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Viewers rate it 7.7 out of 10 across 204 ratings.
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Official trailers, teasers, clips and featurettes for The Most Precious of Cargoes.
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Dominique Blanc
as Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois
as Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès
as Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Narrateur (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
as Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel
as The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann
as Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau
as A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Simon Volodine
as A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Oleg Imbert
as A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Adam Carage
as Red Army colonel (voice)
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, written by Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg and Jean-Claude Grumberg, produced by Valérie Schermann, Patrick Sobelman and Riad Sattouf.
Average viewer score of 7.7/10 from 204 ratings.
Initially, I thought we were in for a reversion of “Tom Thumb” as a surly woodcutter and his wife live a subsistence existence in the snowy forest where she longs for a child, but we are swiftly disabused of that theory! Their lives are only ever broken up by the disturbance of the train as it passes through, and it’s when praying to that one day that she thinks she hears a baby crying. Searching the snow, she…
Reviewed on April 20, 2025
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The main cast of The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) includes Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Serge Hazanavicius. The film was directed by Michel Hazanavicius. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Most Precious of Cargoes was released on November 20, 2024 and runs for 1h 21m.
The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) holds an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from 204 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy animation, drama and history films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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