Overview

• The film is the first animated feature in competition at Cannes since 2007's 'Persepolis'.
• It adapts Jean-Claude Grumberg's novel about a Jewish baby thrown from a train bound for Auschwitz.
• The story follows a Polish woodcutter and his wife who find and protect the baby.
• Critics are divided on the film's approach, with some praising its poignancy and others finding it manipulative.
• The animation combines early 20th-century woodcut styles with watercolor pastels.