WHO’S IN IT?
Kyle Catlett (The Following), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Callum Keith Rennie (Blade: Trinity), Niamh Wilson (Saw III), Jakob Davies (This Means War), Judy Davis (Marie Antoinette), Dominique Pinon (The Oxford Murders)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie), director, writer, producer; Guillaume Laurant (A Very Long Engagement), writer; Frédéric Brillion (Micmacs) and Gilles Legrand (You Will Be My Son), producers; Denis Sanacore (film debut), composer; Thomas Hardmeier (22 Bullets), cinematographer; Hervé Schneid (Alien: Resurrection), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Child prodigy and inventor T.S. Spivet (Catlett) lives on a ranch with his beetle-obsessed mother (Carter), his cowboy father (Rennie) and his fame-seeking older sister (Wilson). One day, he receives a call from the Smithsonian museum informing him that he is the latest recipient of a prestigious prize for one of his inventions, and is invited to a reception in his honour. Without telling his family, T.S. heads on a freight train across the United States to Washington D.C…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet returns with a light-hearted family adventure movie with an overwhelming amount of laughter, heart and good morals.
