Michel Hazanavicius’ The Most Precious of Cargoes – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11
The only animated film in the competition, Michel Hazanavicius has been a favorite of the festival landing several competition berths beginning with 2011’s The Artist. The Most Precious of Cargoes became his fourth feature to compete just after showcasing Coupez! as the opening film of the 2022 selection. This took a bit less time than most animated films we track — and stars Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès, Grégory Gadebois and Jean-Louis Trintignant as the voice cast.
Gist: An adaptation of Grumberg’s 2019 novel of the same name, the story centers on a Holocaust-surviving Jewish girl whose father throws her from a moving train heading to Auschwitz and ultimately found by a woodcutter and his family.
Current temperature: While some of our critics left town yesterday a good portion were able to fit in the #22 and final film of the competition and we’re looking at a nice trio of films to complete Cannes 2024. With thirteen critics weighing in, we have a bullseye average of 3 on the nose.
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