Movie

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975 · 100 min
A gentle, old-fashioned wilderness tale that ambles through a child's bond with nature, with a bittersweet sting near the end.
- Directed by
- Gary Nelson
- Genres
- Family, Adventure, Tv movie
- Starring
- Christian Juttner, Carl Betz, Salome Jens
- Overview
- A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Nature, isolation, family, survival
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Gary Nelson
- Genres
- Family, Adventure, Tv movie
- Starring
- Christian Juttner, Carl Betz, Salome Jens




