A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
freight train
stowaway
child prodigy
twin brother
train
boy genius
riding the rail
runaway child
brother killing brother
smithsonian
cartographer
perpetual motion machine
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Cast
Kyle Catlett
T.S. Spivet
Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Clair
Judy Davis
G.H. Jibsen
Callum Keith Rennie
Father
Niamh Wilson
Gracie
Jakob Davies
Layton
Rick Mercer
Roy
Robert Maillet
Giant Hobo
Dominique Pinon
Two Clouds
Julian Richings
Ricky
Richard Jutras
Lecturer
Mairtin O'Carrigan
Lecturer
Crew
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
Guillaume Laurant
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer
Hervé Schneid
Editor
Thomas Hardmeier
Director of Photography
Gilles Legrand
Producer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producer
Francis Boespflug
Executive Producer
Frédéric Brillion
Producer
Sidonie Dumas
Executive Producer
Brian Oliver
Executive Producer
Madeline Fontaine
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
76 reviews
Dylan BrunsonPRO
7.0★ · 08/10/25
Young Sheldon by Wes Anderson
Young Sheldon by Wes Anderson
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8.0★ · 04/09/26
Matilda?
Matilda?
milez
8.0★ · 10/14/25
if wes anderson made young sheldon
if wes anderson made young sheldon
Sonam Dechen
9.0★ · 09/01/25
Each time he imagined his brother with him on his trip made me tear up.
Each time he imagined his brother with him on his trip made me tear up.
Gab C
6.0★ · 05/02/25
Un film molto carino con una bella trama riguardante la famiglia.
Un film molto carino con una bella trama riguardante la famiglia.
