Wild Child
a.k.a. L'Enfant Sauvage, The Wild Child, The Savage Child
Director:
François Truffaut
Cast:
Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Jean Dasté, Françoise Seigner
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- DVD Release Date: 07/24/2001
- Original Release: 1970
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- Sales Rank: 19,845
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Original theatrical trailer
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Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Title/A True Story [3:56]
2. Something Wild [6:03]
3. Village Idiot [5:25]
4. Evaluations [6:35]
5. A Freak Show [5:45]
6. Start With The Basics [7:11]
7. Love Of Nature [7:55]
8. 'O' Is For Victor [1:42]
9. Learning To Ask [4:58]
10. Making Sounds [2:05]
11. A Sense For Order [9:52]
12. Language Is Music [4:38]
13. L-a-i-t/m-i-l-k [4:57]
14. Spelling Victor [6:30]
15. His Home [6:03]
16. End Credits [:57]
Editorial Reviews
Based on a real-life case study, recorded in Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard's 1806 volume Memoire et Rapport sur Victor de L'Aveyron, The Wild Child is spiritually in line with François Truffaut's other films about the pains of adolescence. Truffaut himself plays Dr. Jean Itard, a doctor working at Paris' Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Itard takes on the challenge of Victor (Jean-Pierre Cargol), a nonverbal "wild boy" found abandoned in the woods. Realizing that the Institute's rather cruel methods may drive Victor further into himself, Dr. Itard brings the boy to his own home, hoping to establish a communication base with kindness and compassion. Once he has taught Victor how to listen and respond, Itard takes it upon himself to imbue the boy with a sense of morality. Adopting an austere cinematic technique (at times reminiscent of silent films), Truffaut unfolds his story with directness and simplicity. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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