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The Wild Child
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1970 film by François Truffaut
OverviewAI-generated
The Wild Child, originally titled L'Enfant sauvage, is a 1970 French-American drama film directed by François Truffaut, who also served as screenwriter. The cast includes Truffaut, Françoise Seigner, Jean Dasté, and Claude Miller. The narrative is set in Paris and centers on Victor of Aveyron, a feral child. The film was shot in black-and-white at Montluçon and Aubiat.
Produced by Les Films du Carrosse and Les Productions Artistes Associés, the movie has a runtime of 83 minutes. It features music by Antonio Vivaldi and cinematography by Néstor Almendros, with editing by Agnès Guillemot. The film was distributed by United Artists and Netflix, and is available via video on demand through providers such as fuboTV and MGM+. Critical reviews have assigned it scores of 8.4/10, 100%, 94/100, and 7.4/10.
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Film · TMDB
7.1The 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 as Victor, l'Enfant Sauvage
- François Truffaut as Le Dr Jean Itard
- Françoise Seigner as Madame Guerin
- Jean Dasté as Professor Philippe Pinel
- Annie Miller as Madame Lemeri
- Claude Miller as Monsieur Lemeri
Themes
- experiment
- southern france
- civilization
- feral child
- punishment
- doctor
- based on memoir or autobiography
- reward
- tantrum
- wild child
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- feral child
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- Victor of Aveyron
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Screenwriter
- François Truffaut
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Cinematographer
- Néstor Almendros
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Montluçon
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 634722
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Victor, the salvage of Aveyron, end XVIIIe.jpg
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- L'Enfant sauvage
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Agnès Guillemot
- color
- black-and-white
- different from
- Wild Child
- review score
- 7.4/10
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