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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 spent 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 Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. The film sold nearly 1.5 million tickets in France.
Original Release
02/26/1970
US Release
09/11/1970
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Pierre Cargol | Victor, l'enfant sauvage / Victor - Wild Boy of Aveyron |
Françoise Seigner | Madame Guerin / Madame Guérin |
Paul Villé | Remy / Rémy - The Old Man |
Pierre Fabre | Orderly at Institute |
Jean Dasté | Professor Philippe Pinel |
Robert Cambourakis | Countryman / Aveyron Countryman |
Tounet Cargol | Boy at farm |
Eric Dolbert | Boy at farm |
Frédérique Dolbert | Girl at farm |
Dominique Levert | Child at farm |
Directors
Writers
Francois Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Jean Itard
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Pierre Cargol | Victor, l'enfant sauvage / Victor - Wild Boy of Aveyron |
Françoise Seigner | Madame Guerin / Madame Guérin |
Paul Villé | Remy / Rémy - The Old Man |
Pierre Fabre | Orderly at Institute |
Jean Dasté | Professor Philippe Pinel |
Robert Cambourakis | Countryman / Aveyron Countryman |
Tounet Cargol | Boy at farm |
Eric Dolbert | Boy at farm |
Frédérique Dolbert | Girl at farm |
Dominique Levert | Child at farm |
René Levert | Police Official / Police Official in Rodez |
Gitt Magrini | Countrywoman / Aveyron Countrywoman |
Jean Mandaroux | Itard's Doctor / Dr. Gruault - Itard's Doctor |
Annie Miller | Madame Lemeri / Madame Lémeri |
Claude Miller | Monsieur Lemeri / Monsieur Lémeri |
Nathan Miller | Baby Lemeri / Baby Lémeri |
Guillaume Schiffman | Boy at farm |
Mathieu Schiffman | Mathieu / Mathieu Lémeri |
Eva Truffaut | Girl at farm |
Laura Truffaut | Girl at farm |