In summary, two films selected in official competition at Cannes this year: the first animated film by Michel Hazanavicius, The Most Valuable of Goods ; and the first feature film by Agathe Riedinger, Rough diamond.
“The Most Precious of Goods” by Michel Hazanavicius
Once upon a time, in a big wood, there lived a poor woodcutter and a poor woodcutter. The cold, hunger, poverty, and war everywhere around them made their lives very difficult. One day, a poor woodcutter takes in a baby. A baby thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through their woods. Protected whatever the cost, this baby, this little commodity will turn the lives of this woman, her husband, and all those who will cross her destiny, up to the man who threw her from the train, upside down. Their story will reveal the worst as well as the best of men's hearts.
After letting himself be carried away by very different styles (The Artist, Oss 117…) Michel Hazanavicius gives us a poetic animated film on the Shoah and a tribute to the Righteous who saved lives, then promised to the camps of death. The Most Precious of Goods is his very first animated film made, he actually drew the images himself. The film is carried by the music of double Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat.
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The film is released in theaters on November 20, 2024. The original book by Jean-Claude Grumberg is published by Editions du Seuil.
“Rough Diamond” by Agathe Riedinger
Liane, 19 years old, reckless and incandescent, lives with her mother and her little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus. Obsessed by beauty and the need to become someone, she sees in reality TV the possibility of being loved. Destiny finally seems to smile on her when she goes through a casting call for “Miracle Island”.
Rough Diamond is Agathe Riedinger's first feature film. It was presented in the official selection at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and was recognized with several Critics' Prizes and the Interpretation Prize of the 2024 Namur Festival.
Critics' opinions
future…
The film is released in theaters on November 20, 2024.
Our Favorite: “The Splendid by the Splendid, we had so much fun!” published by Cherche-Midi
Thierry Chèze: coming soon…
Sound clips
- Excerpt from the trailer for The Most Valuable of Goods by Michel Hazanavicius, 2024
- Excerpt from the trailer for Rough Diamond by Agathe Riedinger, 2024
