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In times of war, a poor woodcutter and his wife live in a large forest. One day, the woman finds and saves a little girl, bringing an irrevocable change to the couple’s lives and to those whose paths the little girl will cross. first animated film.. World War II is one of the darkest themes of humanity. A time when humanity had simply given up on the gray war, when the world witnessed the extent of human cruelty. A time when rebirth, redemption and peace were promised. Faith’s hand has just hit Europe in its most gruesome way, with the enormous debt of a great war and a lost generation hanging over it. The world has stopped, not because of the Schick, or at least not just because it was, but because of what lies beneath. In front of what until then was the greatest tragedy in the world lies an even darker future. Germany was in ruins, having just lost a war, the faith of its people and the power of its empire. Revenge was sworn for the humiliation. A few years after that particularly dark time, there was a humble and elderly couple of German carpenters. The man goes to cut down the big trees and the woman ties up the small branches. Both spend a hard day of work to get to a small house in the middle of the forest where a soup and a tired old dog await. Having never had a child, the woman begs for everything there is, having abandoned God or never having been educated to him. She asks for a train from the sky, from the forest and even from the train gods. And one day the train gods answered her prayers. In that empty corner of the forest, a train was traveling through the white winter snow, slowly but gruffly reaching its dreaded destination. And one day a child is thrown from the train only to be picked up by the old woman of the woods. A heartless thing to some, but not to her. What follows is a beautifully crafted tragedy, a tale of humanity: the loving force within it that builds and sacrifices, and its inherently evil side that avenges and punishes. Michel Hazanavicius’ animated film borrows a very comic style that places you in the heart of an enchanted forest, along with its peculiar set of characters and the dark setting of the Second World War, it is one of the most beautiful films of the year. shots. A beautiful farewell to the illustrious career of Jean Louis Trintignant.
