The Young and Prodigious

Book adaptation/Comedy, France/Canada 2014

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T.S. is a child prodigy with a passion for cartography and scientific inventions. He lives with his family on a ranch in Montana, his mother is an entomologist, his father a cowboy out of time, his 14-year-old sister dreams of becoming "Miss America". His mismatched twin brother died a year earlier while experimenting together with a rifle in the barn at home. This event is not talked about in the family. One day, T.S. Spivet receives a call from the Smithsonian Institution informing him that he is to be awarded the prestigious Baird Prize for his invention of a perpetual motion machine and that he is invited to a reception to give a speech on the occasion. Without telling anyone, he steals away from home and travels on a freight train as a stowaway to Washington, D.C., to receive the prize....
Audio language:
EnglishGerman
Subtitles:
German

Awards

39th César Award Best Cinematography

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Template:

Reif Larsen (Novel)

Composer:

Denis Sanacore

Sound Design:

Gérard Hardy

Cast:

Helena Bonham Carter (Dr. Clair)

Judy Davis (Ms. Jibsen)

Callum Keith Rennie (Father)

Kyle Catlett (T.S. Spivet)

Niamh Wilson (Gracie)

Jakob Davies (Layton)

Rick Mercer (Roy)

Julian Richings (Ricky)

Original title:

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Original language:

English

Further titles:

L'Extravagant Voyage du jeune et prodigieux T. S. Spivet

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 10 years

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

EnglishGerman

Subtitles:

German