The Most Precious of Cargoes – Watch the trailer for the new animated feature from Michel Hazanavicius

STUDIOCANAL has launchedthe official UK trailer and poster for THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES, the first animated film from the Academy Award® winning director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist).

An adaptation of the eponymous best-selling book by acclaimed French playwright and children’s books author Jean-Claude Grumberg, who co-wrote the film with Hazanavicius, THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES 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.​

Thank you for supporting Live for Films (LFF) when you order using an affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate LFF earns from qualifying purchases. If you are using an adblocker you will not see the link.

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.

Written and drawn by Michel Hazanavicius, the film is narrated by iconic French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant (Amour), with Grégory Gadebois (Night Shift) and Dominique Blanc (The Other One) voicing the woodcutter and his wife.

The film had its World Premiere at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival and will be released in UK cinemas on April 4th 2025.

The Most Precious of Cargoes opens in cinemas across the UK on April 4th 2025.