A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 20, 2024
Original Title:
La plus précieuse des marchandises
Alternate Titles:
Kõige kallim aare
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:
CH: 14 IE: 12 RU: 16+
Runtime: 77
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.
Animation:
Clément Hamtat
Théo Gourp
Sven Laschzok
Alexis Saint-Augustin
Antonio Mengual Llobet
Jean-Christophe Lie
Claire Sadeg
Lukas Nesprias
Elie Klimis
Thomas Tulasne-Moeneclaey
Alix Penon
Manon Dumas
Chloé Roux
Eloïse Rauzier
Pascal Herbreteau
Animation Director:
Aymeric Gendre
Art Direction:
Julien Grande
Assistant Editor:
Arnau Segarra Braunstein
Assistant Production Coordinator:
Emma Laurent
Co-Producer:
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Colorist:
Peter Bernaers
Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
Editor:
Laurent Pelé-Piovani
Executive Producer:
Christophe Jankovic
Intern:
𝗬𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶
Vassili Turostowski
Volodia Breitman-Ferri
Eythan Yvin
Layout:
Vassiliy Krasnikov
Laure Escadafals
Music:
Alexandre Desplat
Producer:
Valérie Schermann
Patrick Sobelman
Riad Sattouf
Robert Guédiguian
Florence Gastaud
Michel Hazanavicius
Production Coordinator:
Natalène Darfeuille
Production Director:
Bernard Devillers
Production Supervisor:
Pierre-Guy Taillan
Marie Picot
Screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Sound Designer:
Selim Azzazi
Storyboard Artist:
Aymeric Gendre
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