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Release Date:
November 20, 2024
Original Title:
La plus précieuse des marchandises
Genres:
Animation | Drama | History
Production Companies:
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
BeTV
France 3 Cinéma
Les Compagnons du Cinéma
Les Films du Fleuve
Prima Linéa Productions
RTBF
StudioCanal
VOO
Production Countries:
Belgium | France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 81
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.
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Art Direction:
Julien Grande
Co-Producer:
Luc Dardenne
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
Executive Producer:
Christophe Jankovic
Music:
Alexandre Desplat
Producer:
Valérie Schermann
Patrick Sobelman
Florence Gastaud
Robert Guédiguian
Michel Hazanavicius
Riad Sattouf
Screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius
Jean-Claude Grumberg
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