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A film by François Truffaut based on the true story of a boy found in a French forest in 1798, who could not speak, walk or write. It follows the attempts of a doctor to civilize him and his progress in learning and socializing.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- François Truffaut
- 1970-09-11
The Wild Child (French: L'Enfant sauvage, released in the United Kingdom as The Wild Boy) is a 1970 French film by director François Truffaut. Featuring Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté, it tells the story of a child who spends the first eleven or twelve years of his life with little or no human contact.
A true story of a boy who grew up in the woods and was taught by a doctor to be civilized. Roger Ebert praises Truffaut's simple and moving adaptation of the case, and his personal touch as the director and narrator.
A young boy (Jean-Pierre Cargol) is discovered in a forest, living a feral existence among a pack of wolves. Captured by hunters, he is sent to Paris and placed in a school for deaf-mute...
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- François Truffaut
- G
- Jean-Pierre Cargol
In late 18th-century France in the district of Aveyron, villagers capture a young boy who has been seen living wild in nearby woods. A farmer houses the boy in his barn until Dr. Jean Itard, who has read of the case in the local papers, takes the boy to the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Paris. There, the boy becomes a freak attraction for ...
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Directed by: François Truffaut. When a young boy is found living like a wild animal in the forest, a doctor takes him in and slowly teaches him how to speak and function in society.
