German title: Der Wolfsjunge Spain title: El pequeño salvaje Greek title: Ένα αγρίμι στην πόλη Russian title: Дикий Маугли Original title: L’enfant sauvage
Alternative titles: L’Enfant Sauvage | Ena agrimi stin poli | O Garoto Selvagem | Kesytön | O Menino Selvagem | El Pequeño salvaje | Il Ragazzo selvaggio | Vilden | The Wild Boy
Drama – France Production year: 1969 Movie length: 81 minutes
Director: François Truffaut Writer: François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Jean Itard Cinematograph: Néstor Almendros (Nestor Almendros) Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Movie description:
France, 1798: In a forest, hunters discover and capture a 12 year old boy who appears to have spent his life living like a wild animal. He is taken to a school for deaf and dumb children in Paris, where is maltreated and used as an object of scientific curiosity. An eminent doctor, Jean Itard, takes an interest in the strange child and resolves to educate him. Little by little, the feral child, whom Itard christens Victor, responds to his benefactor’s patient attempts to civilise him.