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In wartime, a poor lumberjack and his wife live in a large forest. One day, the woman finds and rescues a little girl, bringing an irreversible change to the couple’s lives, as well as to the paths of those who cross the child.. This Michel Hazanavicius's first animated film.. This is the best 2024 release I’ve seen so far this year, and we’re in the middle of December 2024. It tells a story that takes place in Poland during World War II like a folk tale. Much of the plot revolves around a couple of lumberjacks who want to adopt a Jewish girl thrown off a deportation train through their forest, which is typical of the aforementioned folk tales. She was thrown out by her father to save her from certain death in Auschwitz. I won’t go into the details of the plot so you can see them for yourself, I just want the film to reach a deeply philosophical conclusion. Everything is well done on the technical side as well. The scenes in the film are excellently done. The drawing style is very precise, not too detailed and rough, mostly depicting dimly lit scenes with dominant gray tones, which emphasize the horrors of the most infamous war and massacre in human history. Then the soundtrack is sublime: the musical score, the sound effects, the narration and the voice acting (I saw the original in French), all perfectly suited to present this gem. film Ultimately, it is one of the best films on the subject of racism and the Shoah in particular, in terms of its artistic approach and the story it wants to tell.
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