The Wild Child
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| Directed by | François Truffaut |
| Screenplay by | François Truffaut Jean Gruault |
| Based on | The Memorandum and Report on Victor de l'Aveyron by Dr. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard |
| Produced by | Marcel Berbert |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Cargol François Truffaut Françoise Seigner Jean Dasté |
| Cinematography | Néstor Almendros |
| Edited by | Agnès Guillemot |
| Music by | Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto for Piccolo and Strings in C Major RV 443) |
Production company | Les Films du Carrosse |
| Distributed by | Les Artistes Associés |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $800,000 1,674,771 admissions (France) |
The Wild Child (French: L'Enfant sauvage, released in the United Kingdom as The Wild Boy) is a 1970 French film by director François Truffaut. Featuring Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté, it tells the story of a child who spends the first eleven or twelve years of his life with little or no human contact. It is based on the true events regarding the child Victor of Aveyron, reported by Dr. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. The film sold nearly 1.5 million tickets in France.