JIFF - The Most Precious of Cargoes

In French language with English subtitles. Nominee - Palme d’Or (Best Film), Cannes Film Festival, 2024 In a snow-blanketed rural village during WWII, a poor Polish woodcutter lives with his wife, who is unable to bear children. Their sheltered world is dramatically changed when one day, while walking in the woods, the wife discovers a baby in the snow. The child has been thrown from a passing train heading for the prison camp at Auschwitz. Seeing the baby as a gift from God, the wife vows to raise it despite the resistance from her husband, and in the face of rising antisemitic sentiment from the local villagers. Her commitment reveals the very best and the worst in the hearts of men. Filled with indelible imagery, this striking animated fable comes from the Oscar-winning director of The Artist. The film premiered in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival (the first animation to do so since Waltz with Bashir in 2008). “Likely to become a classic.” - Variety “An indelible parable destined to be watched and shared by generations to come.” - Variety “Michel Hazanavicius delivers a jewel of animation…poignant and profound.” - Cineuropa “Exquisite” IndiewireJIFF - The Most Precious of Cargoes showing at: December 8, 2:30 pm

Location: Dendy CanberraLevel 2, North Quarter, Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda Street, Canberra, ACT, 260015

2024-12-08T14:30:00+11:00PT1H38M2024-12-08T16:18:00+11:00106

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Dominique Blanc

Denis Podalydès

Michel Hazanavicius

Robert Guédiguian

Riad Sattouf

Valérie Schermann

Patrick Sobelman

Florence Gastaud

JIFF - The Most Precious of Cargoes"