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In war-torn times, a poor lumberjack and his wife live in a large forest. One day, the woman finds and saves a girl, bringing irrevocable changes to the lives of the couple and those whose paths the child will cross. This is Michel Hazanavičius's first animated film.. World War II is one of the darkest periods of humanity. A time when humanity simply swore a gray war, when the world witnessed human cruelty. A time when rebirth, redemption and peace were promised. The hand of faith simply struck Europe in the most usual terrible way – the debt of the Great War and the lost generation that rose above it. The world stopped not because of Schick, or at least not only because of him, but also because of what lies below. Before what was until then the greatest tragedy of the world, an increasingly bleak future lies. Germany was devastated, having just lost the war, the faith of its people, and the power of its empire. Revenge was sworn for the humiliation. A few years after that incredibly dark period, there lived a modest and old German woodcutter couple. The man goes to cut down large trees, and the woman ties small branches. Both spend a hard day’s work to arrive at a small cabin in the middle of the forest, where soup and a tired old dog await. Having never had a child, the woman prays to everything that is, having abandoned or never understood God. She prays to the sky, the tree, and even the train gods. And one day the train gods answered her prayers. In that empty corner of the forest, the train cut through the white winter snow and slowly but sadly reached its terrible destination. And one day, a baby is thrown from the train to be taken by an old forest woman. A heartless thing for some, but not for her. It’s a beautifully crafted tragedy, a story about humanity: the power of love within it that creates and sacrifices, and the inherently evil side that seeks revenge and retribution. Michel Hanavici’s animated film borrows a highly comedic style that transports you into the heart of an enchanted forest, along with a unique cast of characters and a bleak World War II setting, making it one of the best-looking tearjerkers of the year. A beautiful farewell to Jean Louis Trintignant’s illustrious career.