Directed by:
François TruffautCinematography:
Néstor AlmendrosCast:
François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Claude Miller, Nathan Miller, Françoise Seigner, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean Dasté, Guillaume Schiffman, Paul Villé (more)Plots(1)
Francois Truffaut has created an absorbing film about the true-life tale of a young boy found living alone in the woods of France in the 1700s. Using actual journal entries, Truffaut not only directed and co-wrote the script with Jean Gruault, but also starred as the unflappable Doctor Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, the visionary who takes on the incredible task of civilizing The Wild Child. At The National Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Paris, a barely clothed and dirty young boy is admitted. Found in a forest, the child is unable to speak, communicate or function in society. Christened Victor by the hospital staff, his case is taken up by Doctor Itard (Truffaut),a lone physician who has an unyielding dedication to re-integrating the lad into society. But the road to tame the beast is a rocky one and Itard will have to work tirelessly to teach Victor how to re-claim his place in the world even if it means staking his reputation on it! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
François Truffaut
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
Pocket Money (1976)
Jean-Pierre Cargol
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Claude Miller
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
The Probability Factor (1976)
Nathan Miller
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
The Best Way to Walk (1976)
The Green Room (1978)
Françoise Seigner
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
The Wild Child (1970)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
Jean-François Stévenin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Day for Night (1973)
Pocket Money (1976)
Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Z (1969)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Guillaume Schiffman
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Two English Girls (1971)
Out 1 (1971)
Paul Villé
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Mathieu Schiffman
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
Annie Miller
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Two English Girls (1971)
René Levert
Algeria
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Dominique Levert
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Gitt Magrini
Italy
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
La Notte (1961)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Jean Mandaroux
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Eva Truffaut
Best movies:
Pocket Money (1976)
The Wild Child (1970)
Confidentially Yours (1983)