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Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The

English title: Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The
Original title: Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The
German title: Karte meiner Träume, Die
France, Canada, 2013

Director: Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Production company: Epithète Films, Tapioca Films
Co-producers: Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
Age recommendation: 10 years and up

Synopsis:
T.S. Spivet lives with his parents, sister Gracie and brother Layton in a remote ranch in Montana. A little boy with a gift and a passion for science, he invents the machine of perpetual movement, which earns him the highly prestigious Baird Award from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington.
After leaving a note to his family, he sets out alone to pick up the award, crossing the United States on a freight train.
But no one in Washington ever imagined that the lucky winner is only ten years old and that he is hiding a very dark secret...

Festivals:
San Sebastian IFF 2013, Cesar Award 2014, Munich IFF 2014, Buster Copenhagen 2014

World sales address/es:
Gaumont (F)

Sold to:
Belgafilms (B)
DCM (DE)
Gaumont (F)
Independet (NL)
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Pathé (CH)
Odeon (GR)