Overview
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.
Production
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo · Les Films du Fleuve · StudioCanal · Prima Linéa Productions · Les Compagnons du Cinéma · VOO · RTBF · France 3 Cinéma · BeTV
Cast & Characters
Dominique Blanc
Wife (voice)
Grégory Gadebois
Woodcutter (voice)
Denis Podalydès
Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Narrateur (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
Man in the mole hat (voice)
Antonin Maurel
The father (voice)
Matej Hofmann
Interpreter (voice)
Laurent Bateau
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Simon Volodine
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Oleg Imbert
A fellow woodcutter (voice)
Adam Carage
Red Army colonel (voice)
Directors & Crew
Michel Hazanavicius
Director
Valérie Schermann
Producer
Patrick Sobelman
Producer
Riad Sattouf
Producer
Robert Guédiguian
Producer
Michel Hazanavicius
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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