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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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