The Wild Child
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| The Wild Child (USA) The Wild Boy (UK) L'Enfant sauvage (France) |
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| Directed by | François Truffaut |
| Produced by | Marcel Berbert |
| Written by | Novel: Jean Itard Screenplay: François Truffaut Jean Gruault |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Cargol François Truffaut Françoise Seigner Jean Dasté Annie Miller Claude Miller Paul Villé Nathan Miller Mathieu Schiffman Jean Gruault |
| Cinematography | Néstor Almendros |
| Editing by | Agnès Guillemot |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Language | French |
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The Wild Child (title of the film in the United States; it was released in the United Kingdom as The Wild Boy; originally released in France as L'Enfant sauvage) was a film by the French director François Truffaut, which was released in 1970.
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[edit] Plot
The film is set in the 18th century. A young boy is found in the forest near Aveyron. The child is mute, so he is placed under the supervision of Dr. Jean Itard. Itard names the boy Victor and observes the child's attempt to survive in his new, unknown world.
[edit] Background
The screenwriter Jean Gruault and the director François Truffaut were inspired by the novel by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, which was based on true events surrounding The Wild Boy of Aveyron, as the novel was called.
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[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
