The Most Precious of Cargoes

With superb animation and a score by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat, this timeless and deeply moving tale is a powerful reminder that in the darkest times, the soul of humanity can only be preserved by the bright light of love and the heroism of ordinary people.

In war-torn times, a poor woodcutter and his wife live in a great forest. One day, the woman finds and rescues a baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, the “most precious of cargoes” will bring irrevocable change to the lives of the couple, and those whose paths the child will cross. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.

 Academy Award winning director of The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius returns with this animated adaptation of The Most Precious of Cargoes: A Tale, a postmodern fairy tale by French author and playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg set during the Holocaust.