The Wild Child

Name: The Wild Child
Director: François Truffaut
Released: 1969
Cast: Jean Dasté, Mathieu Schiffman, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Annie Miller

by François Truffaut1h231969France

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In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Production Compagny : Les Films du Carrosse, Les Artistes Associés
- Distributor : MK2
- Producer : Marcel Berbert
- Costume Design : Gitt Magrini
- Photo Director : Nestor Almendros
- Set Decoration : Jean Mandaroux
- Original Music : Antoine Duhamel
- Dialogs : Jean Gruault, François Truffaut
- Sound Recorder : René Levert
- Sound Mixer : Alex Pront
- Original Work Author : Jean Itard
- Director : François Truffaut
- Scenario : François Truffaut
- Editing : Agnès Guillemot
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Year of production : 1969
- French release date : 25 février 1970
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French

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The Wild Child

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Credits

Technical details

Other films

By the same director

The Soft Skin

The 400 Blows

Two English Girls

From the same year

Salesman

My Night at Maud's

Antonio Das Mortes

With the same cast

Jean Dasté

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Stormy Waters

Zero de Conduite

Mathieu Schiffman

Full Moon in Paris

Le Pont du nord

François Truffaut

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Day for Night

The Story of Adele H

Jean Gruault

The Carabineers

Claude Miller

Two or Three Things I Know About Her

This film is recommended by

Raymond Depardon

Luc Dardenne

Bruno Podalydès

Christian Petzold

Caroline Link

Jonás Trueba

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"Nouvelle Vague"