The Wild Child

Overview

The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found. Dr Jean Marc Gaspard Itard becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.

Details

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cargol

Victor, l'Enfant Sauvage

François Truffaut

Le Dr Jean Itard

Françoise Seigner

Madame Guerin

Jean Dasté

Professor Philippe Pinel

Annie Miller

Madame Lemeri

Claude Miller

Monsieur Lemeri

Paul Villé

Remy

Nathan Miller

Baby Lemeri

Mathieu Schiffman

Mathieu

Jean Gruault

Visitor at Institute

Gitt Magrini

Countrywoman

Jean-François Stévenin

Countryman

Laura Truffaut

Girl at Farm

Eva Truffaut

Girl at Farm

Guillaume Schiffman

Boy at Farm

Dominique Levert

Child at Farm

Jean Mandaroux

Itard's Doctor

René Levert

Police Official

Pierre Fabre

Orderly at Institute

Robert Cambourakis

Countryman