The Wild Child
G
7.5
1970
1 hr 23 min
Drama
, History
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
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- Cast：
- Jean-Pierre Cargol , François Truffaut , Françoise Seigner , Jean Dasté , Claude Miller , Mathieu Schiffman , Jean Gruault
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Best movie of this year hands down!
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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
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