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The Wild Child(Movie, 1970)

Original title: "L'Enfant sauvage" (French/FR)
1h 23min | Genres: Drama, History
The Wild ChildRating: 3.6/5 (with 127127 votes)
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. It is based on the true events regarding the child Victor of Aveyron, reported by Dr. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. The film sold nearly 1.5 million tickets in France. ()
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About The Wild Child

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.

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The Wild Child (1970)(Trailer, 1:33)

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Shot in: Montluçon, Aubiat
Plays in: Paris
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 16 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/26/1970
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Garoto Selvagem"
"Den vilde dreng"
"El pequeño salvaje"
"Kesytön"
"The Wild Boy"
"Ena agrimi stin poli"
"A vad gyerek"
"Il ragazzo selvaggio"
"와일드 차일드"
"Ulvegutten"
"Vilden"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:18564, Added: 02/22/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024