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The Wild Child
Sign in to saveAlso known as L'Enfant sauvage, Niño felipe salvaje, Wild Child
1970 film by François Truffaut
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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.
Released: 1970-02-2683 minDir: François TruffautDrama, History
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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
Show 7 more facts
- 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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