Opening Night Film
The Most Precious of Cargoes
East Coast Premiere
La Plus Précieuse Des Marchandises
Schedule
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Followed by a Q&A with director Michel Hazanavicius
Opening Night Celebration: Screening preceded by a reception and a post-screening drink will follow
Opening Night Party: 6pm
Film: 7:15pm
Post-Film Reception: 8:15pm
By Michel Hazanavicius, 2024, France, Belgium, 81min, DCP
Voiced by Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Louis Trintignant
In French with English subtitles
From Michel Hazanavicius, author of award-winning The Artist (2011), comes an adaptation of author Jean-Claude Grumberg’s 2019 novel. This fairytale, with voices from notable actors Dominique Blanc, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Grégory Gadebois, and Denis Podalydès, amongst others, follows a humble lumberjack and his wife, who live in a remote Polish forest. The wife often laments the absence of children in their lives. Day and night, trains pass through the forest, their sounds echoing through the trees. One day, as the wife watches what she assumes to be a cargo train passing by, she discovers that a baby has been tossed from the train, en route to Auschwitz, into the snow. Her decision to rescue the baby will change their lives forever…
Don’t forget to stop by the opening of gallery exhibition, Covering The New Yorker!
This film will be preceded by a 20-second bumper film created by Brassart-MOPA students.
Venue
Event Pricing
An in-person standby line may be formed should limited tickets become available. Tickets will be distributed 5-10 minutes prior to the screening. Standby tickets are subject to availability and not guaranteed.
Michel Hazanavicius
Born in Paris in 1967 and a graduate of the Ecole d’Arts de Cergy-Pontoise, Michel Hazanavicius started out in 1988 as a scriptwriter for Canal+, notably for Les Nuls. Hazanavicius turned to directing in 1992 on parodic television films (such as Derrick contre Superman and Le Grand Détournement) and advertising spots. He co-wrote feature films, then directed Mes Amis, his first film, in 1999. Hazanavicius next two films, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and its sequel OSS 117: Lost in Rio, were huge box-office and critical successes. Hazanavicius then directed The Artist, in 2011, which won many international awards, including the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Since 2011, Hazanavicius has made five other features. His newest, The Most Precious of Cargoes, is his first foray into animation.
The Most Precious of Cargoes © Agat Films – Ex nihilo, Les Compagnons du Cinéma, Les Films du fleuve
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