Overview
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.
Trailer
Crew
DirectorJean-Pierre Jeunet
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
Michel Perron
The vigilant
Dawn Ford
Marge
Harry Standjofski
Policeman
Susan Glover
Cathy
James Bradford
Smithsonian President
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Judy
Felicia Shulman
Jibsen's Secretary
Dylan Kingwell
Little Boy
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Keywords
freight trainstowawaychild prodigytwin brothertrainboy geniusriding the railrunaway childbrother killing brothersmithsoniancartographerperpetual motion machine
Details
Budget
$33M
Revenue
$9M
TMDb Votes
887
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026