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The Wild Child (1970)
Directed by François Truffaut
“At last an adult film to which you can take your children.”
Drama, History · 1h 23m
The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found. Dr Jean Marc Gaspard Itard becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.
Cast
Jean-Pierre Cargol
Victor, l'Enfant Sauvage
François Truffaut
Le Dr Jean Itard
Françoise Seigner
Madame Guerin
Jean Dasté
Professor Philippe Pinel
A
Annie Miller
Madame Lemeri
Claude Miller
Monsieur Lemeri
Paul Villé
Remy
N
Nathan Miller
Baby Lemeri
Mathieu Schiffman
Mathieu
Jean Gruault
Visitor at Institute
Gitt Magrini
Countrywoman
Jean-François Stévenin
Countryman
Crew
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Screenplay
- François Truffaut, Jean Gruault
- Novel
- Jean Itard
- Director of Photography
- Néstor Almendros
- Editor
- Agnès Guillemot
Details
- Original title
- L'Enfant sauvage
- Release date
- 1970-02-26
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés