The ten year old T.S. Spivet is invited to the Smithsonian to receive an award for inventing a perpetual motion machine. Without telling any of his family, he boards a freight train heading to Washington, D.C., to attend the ceremony. 

With this colourful, quirky, yet wistful tale, the famously flamboyant and creative French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) is on inspired form.

Awards: 2 Wins and 3 Nominations
Production Year: 2013, France, Canada 105 Min, English with German Subtitles
Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis

Trailer: The Young and Prodigious | English

 

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