The Most Precious of Cargoes

An animated film about the Holocaust that inspires hope for a better future.

Once upon a time, in a vast wood, lived a poor woodcutter and a poor woodcutter’s wife. The cold, hunger, misery and war all around them make their life very harsh. One day, the poor woodcutter’s wife finds a baby thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through their wood. This baby, protected at all costs, this precious little cargo will disrupt the life of this woman, her husband’s, and all those who will cross its path, right up to the man who threw it off the train. Their story will bring out the worst and best in people’s hearts.

Michel Hazanavicius’s (“The Artist”) film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. It was the first animated feature to be screened in the main competition at Cannes since Ari Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” in 2008.