Title | Wild Child L'enfant Sauvage |
Year | 1970 |
Time | 83 mins |
Genre | Drama; Foreign |
Director | Fran Truffaut; Fran�ois Truffaut |
Edition | World Films |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Jean-Fran�ois St�venin as Countryman; Francois Truffaut as Le Dr Jean Itard; Gitt Magrini as Countrywoman; Jean Daste as Professor Philippe Pinel; Paul Ville as Remy; Mathieu Schiffman as Mathieu; Pierre Fabre as Orderly at Institute; Annie Miller as Madame Lemeri; Eva Truffaut as Girl at farm; Claude Miller as Monsieur Lemeri; Laura Truffaut as Girl at farm; Guillaume Schiffman as Boy at farm; Fran�oise Seigner as Madame Guerin; Jean Gruault as Visitor at Institute; Nathan Miller as Baby Lemeri |
Rating | G (General Audience) |
Cinematography | Nestor Almendros |
Language | French |
Plot | Director Fran�ois Truffaut makes a rare on-screen appearance in one of his most unusual films. Based on a true story, the film follows the discovery of a feral child (Jean-Pierre Cargol) who's grown up wild in the forest in late-18th-century France. Truffaut plays Dr. Jean Itard, the deaf specialist who tries to civilize the boy, teaching him to walk, speak and read; the screenplay was adapted from Itard's writings. |
Producer | Marcel Berbert |
Writer | Fran�ois Truffaut; Jean Gruault |
Subtitles | English; French; French (Closed Captioned); Spanish |