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Michel Hazanavicius on His Cannes Competition Film ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’: ‘It’s About People Who Saved Lives’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Michel Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning director of "The Artist," discusses "The Most Precious of Cargoes" which competes for a Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Michel Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning director of “The Artist,” makes a first foray into animation with “ The Most Precious of Cargoes ” which world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24. Adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling novel, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is the first animated feature to vie for a Palme d’Or since Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir” in 2008; and it will be the last movie watched by the competition jury, presided over by Greta Gerwig, before the closing ceremony. The drama intertwines the fate of a Jewish family, including newborn twins, deported to Auschwitz, with that of a poor and childless woodcutter couple living deep in a Polish forest.
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