The Wild Child
L'Enfant sauvage
“At last an adult film to which you can take your children.”
The 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.
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Writers
- François Truffaut, Jean Gruault
- Status
- Released
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Jean-Pierre Cargol
Victor, l'Enfant Sauvage
François Truffaut
Le Dr Jean Itard
Françoise Seigner
Madame Guerin
Jean Dasté
Professor Philippe Pinel
Annie Miller
Madame Lemeri
Claude Miller
Monsieur Lemeri
Paul Villé
Remy
Nathan Miller
Baby Lemeri
Mathieu Schiffman
Mathieu
Jean Gruault
Visitor at Institute
Gitt Magrini
Countrywoman
Jean-François Stévenin
Countryman
Laura Truffaut
Girl at Farm
Eva Truffaut
Girl at Farm
Guillaume Schiffman
Boy at Farm
Dominique Levert
Child at Farm
Jean Mandaroux
Itard's Doctor
René Levert
Police Official
Pierre Fabre
Orderly at Institute
Robert Cambourakis
Countryman
