The Wild Child (1970)
1h 23m
Running Time
February 26, 1970Release Date
The Wild Child (1970)
1h 23m
Running Time
February 26, 1970Release Date
Plot.
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Pierre Cargol
Victor, l'Enfant Sauvage
François Truffaut
Le Dr Jean Itard / Screenplay / Director / Adaptation / Dialogue
Françoise Seigner
Madame Guerin
Jean Dasté
Professor Philippe Pinel
Annie Miller
Madame Lemeri
Claude Miller
Monsieur Lemeri / Unit Manager
Paul Villé
Remy
Nathan Miller
Baby Lemeri
Mathieu Schiffman
Mathieu
Jean Gruault
Visitor at Institute / Screenplay / Adaptation / Dialogue
Gitt Magrini
Countrywoman / Costume Design
Jean-François Stévenin
Countryman
Laura Truffaut
Girl at Farm
Eva Truffaut
Girl at Farm
Guillaume Schiffman
Boy at Farm
Dominique Levert
Child at Farm
Jean Mandaroux
Itard's Doctor / Set Decoration
René Levert
Police Official / Sound
Pierre Fabre
Orderly at Institute
Robert Cambourakis
Countryman
Frédérique Dolbert
Girl at Farm
Eric Dolbert
Boy at Farm
Tounet Cargol
Boy at Farm
Jean Itard
Novel
Jean-Claude Dolbert
Property Master
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Agnès Guillemot
Editor
Nicole Félix
Makeup Artist
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Thanks
Suzanne Schiffman
Assistant Director
Pierre Zucca
Still Photographer
Roland Thénot
Unit Manager
Alex Pront
Sound Mixer
Philippe Théaudière
Assistant Camera
Michel Sanvoisin
Musician
Yann Dedet
Assistant Editor
Antoine Duhamel
Conductor
Christine Pellé
Script Supervisor
Armand Barbault
Production Assistant
Marcel Berbert
Production Manager
André Saint-Clivier
Musician
Misse Theaudiere
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 26, 1970
Original NameL'Enfant sauvage
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Filming LocationsAubiat · Montluçon, France
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
experiment
feral child
punishment
doctor
based on memoir or autobiography
reward
tantrum
wild child
18th century
sign language
southern france
Wiki.
The Wild Child (French: L'Enfant sauvage, released in the United Kingdom as The Wild Boy) is a 1970 French film by director François Truffaut. Featuring Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté, it tells the story of a child who spends the first eleven or twelve years of his life with little or no human contact. It is based on the true events regarding the child Victor of Aveyron, reported by Dr. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. The film sold nearly 1.5 million tickets in France.
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