L' Enfant sauvage (Original title)The Wild Child (Alternative title)The Wild Boy (Alternative title)
Date: 1969 (Copyright)Country: FranceDirector: François Truffaut
Production company billing: ©1969. Les Films du Carrosse Les Artistes Associés presents a Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés production visa de contrôle cinématographique no. 30.081 [1.66:1]
Synopsis: Based on a true story of a "wild child" found in forests in the late 18th century, relates the efforts of a behavioural scientist, Jean Itard, to "civilise" the child. The scientist's journals are used in voice-over.Synopsis: Describes the work accomplished by a French doctor, at the beginning of last century, who rehabilitated a "wolf-boy", abandoned by his parents in the forest of Auvergne at the time of the Revolution. Music: Concerto for Mandolin & flute by Vivaldi.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Feral children, Child development, Rehabilitation
Releases
Date: 26 February 1970Country: FranceRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7584 FeetDialogue (original): French
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7584 FeetLanguage: French
Date: 1969 (Copyright)Country: FranceDirector: François Truffaut
Production company billing: ©1969. Les Films du Carrosse Les Artistes Associés presents a Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés production visa de contrôle cinématographique no. 30.081 [1.66:1]
Synopsis: Based on a true story of a "wild child" found in forests in the late 18th century, relates the efforts of a behavioural scientist, Jean Itard, to "civilise" the child. The scientist's journals are used in voice-over.Synopsis: Describes the work accomplished by a French doctor, at the beginning of last century, who rehabilitated a "wolf-boy", abandoned by his parents in the forest of Auvergne at the time of the Revolution. Music: Concerto for Mandolin & flute by Vivaldi.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Feral children, Child development, Rehabilitation
Releases
Date: 26 February 1970Country: FranceRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7584 FeetDialogue (original): French
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7584 FeetLanguage: French
Credits
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©: Les Films du Carrosse, Production Company: Les Films du Carrosse, Production Company: Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Artistes Associés presents: Les Artistes Associés, Producer: Marcel Berbert, Associate Producer: Christian Lentretien, Production Manager: Claude Miler, Production Supervisor: Roland Thénot, Assistant Director: Suzanne Schiffman, Continuity: Christine Pellé, Scenario: François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Adaptation: François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Dialogue: François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Based on the memoire and conversations about Victor de l'Aveyron by: Jean Itard, Director of Photography: Nestor Almendros, Assistant Photographer: Philippe Théaudière, Editor: Agnès Guillemot, Assistant Editor: Yann Dedet, Art Director: Jean Mandaroux, Properties: Jean-Claude Dolbert, Costumes: Gitt Magrini, Make-up: Nicole Félix, Laboratory: Franay L.T.C. Saint-Cloud, Music [Extracts] by: Antonio Vivaldi, Mandolin performed by: André Saint-Clivier, Flute performed by: Michel Sanvoisin, Musical Director: Antoine Duhamel, Sound: René Levert, {Sound Re-recording}: SIS La Garenne, Sound Mixer: Alex Pront, For: Jean-Pierre Léaud
Cast
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Jean-Pierre Cargol (Victor, the boy), Françoise Seigner (Madame Guérin), François Truffaut (Dr Jean Itard), Paul Villé (Rémy), Pierre Fabre (orderly), Jean Dasté (Professor Pinel), Claude Miller (M. Lémeri), Annie Miller (Madame Lémeri), René Levert (police official), Jean Mandaroux (Itard's doctor), Nathan Miller (Lémeri baby), Matthieu Schiffman (Mathieu), Jean Gruault (visitor at institute), Robert Cambourakis (countryman), Gitt Magrini (countrywoman), Jean-François Stévenin (countryman), Laura Truffaut, Eva Truffaut (girl at farm), Guillaume Schiffman (boy at farm), Frédérique Dolbert (girl at farm), Eric Dolbert, Tournet Cargol (boy at farm), Dominique Levert (child at farm)