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The Most Precious of Cargoes (French: La Plus Précieuse des marchandises) is a 2024 French animated drama film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius and with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Hazanavicius. The film is an adaptation of Grumberg's 2019 novel of the same name.
The Most Precious of Cargoes: A Tale (French: La Plus Précieuse des marchandises : Un conte) is a novel by French author and playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg, published on 10 January 2019 by Éditions du Seuil. It is a postmodern fairy tale set during the Holocaust.
Jan 10, 2019 · Grunberg's The Most Precious of Cargoes begins with a nightmarish scene, as a Jewish father tosses one of his twin babies from a train (en route to the Drancy internment camp) while it is rumbling through a peaceful snow-covered countryside.
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Sep 29, 2020 · Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
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Oct 28, 2021 · Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
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- Jean-Claude Grumberg
Sep 29, 2020 · Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
- Jean-Claude Grumberg
Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told in a fairytale style, Jean-Claude Grumberg’s The Most Precious of Cargoes is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption. A story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places. Translated from French by Frank Wynne.
- Jean-Claude Grumberg