Programme
10.30 – Activity
- Language Activity (year 8–11): Learn about WWII and the occupied zones in France through the introduction of the film The Most Precious of Cargoes and its creators.
12.00 – Lunch break
12.45 – Screening
The Most Precious of Cargoes
cert. 12A | by Michel Hazanavicius, 2024, 111′, feature, in French with English subtitles
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.
14.40 – End of the day
Contact
- Agathe Morisse, School Activities Manager
schools@institut-francais.org.uk / 020 3924 3511
