The Wild Child

Name: The Wild Child
Director: François Truffaut
Released: 1970
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Paul Villé, Pierre Fabre

1970 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 9,181 VOTES · DIR. François Truffaut

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 580 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:06 It's down there! It's down there!

00:13:36 Did he bite you? Let me do it.

00:18:09 Mouth: Medium. Tongue: Normal.

00:20:38 by cutting his throat, probably with a knife.

00:23:52 - Other people are waiting. - The papers exaggerated yet again.

00:27:04 In my opinion, the boy was left

00:29:31 Despite the ill-treatment he endured at the institute, no one ever saw him cry.

00:32:51 - Get up. - Lead him to me.

00:36:27 and the difficulty he has in keeping to my gait and his tendency to break into a trot.

00:43:13 Find him.

00:45:32 Water.

00:47:25 Milk.

00:49:46 or the approach of a dangerous animal.

00:52:58 The hammer.

00:55:35 No, Doctor. I thought he was with you.

00:58:04 There is a great distance between drawing and spelling an object.

01:01:52 Madam Guérin has been in tears all day.

01:05:13 You can do it. Come on.

01:08:51 No, Victor, don't laugh.

01:11:40 "His Excellency has decided to renew the annual pension

01:14:17 Book, scissors, picture.

01:16:35 What is that, Victor?

01:18:18 Listen, Victor. Listen.

01:23:12 You're no longer a wild boy, even if you're not yet a man.

Cast & Characters

François Truffaut Dr. Jean Itard Jean-Pierre Cargol Victor - Wild Boy of Aveyron Françoise Seigner Madame Guérin Paul Villé Rémy - The Old Man Pierre Fabre Orderly at Institute Jean Dasté Professor Philippe Pinel Robert Cambourakis Aveyron Countryman Tounet Cargol Boy at Farm Eric Dolbert Boy at Farm Frédérique Dolbert Girl at Farm

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed580

Dialogue density7.0 lines / min

First line00:04:06

Final line01:23:12

Production Record

DirectorFrançois Truffaut

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes9,181