The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is an adventure film directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) based on the book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen. The film was a hit at the 39th César Awards (aka the French Oscars) earning three nominations, winning for Best Cinematography. The cast features Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, and Kyle Catlett as the young T.S. Spivet.

T.S. Spivet lives on a remote ranch in Montana with his parents, his sister Gracie and his brother Layton. A gifted child with a passion for science, he has invented a perpetual motion machine, for which he has been awarded the prestigious Baird Prize by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. He leaves a note for his family and hops a freight train to make his way across the United States and receive his prize. But no one there suspects that the lucky winner is a ten-year-old child with a very dark secret…

Jeunet was already a fan of the book, and was particularly moved by one line in it. “When T.S. makes his final speech, and in one sentence explains everything, you can’t help feeling stunned. Reading it gave me goose bumps. That’s what made up my mind. If only for that one sentence, I said to myself: ‘I’m making the movie.'”

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is rated PG. Read our review here.