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The Wild Child

1970 · 83 min

A quiet, humane, and absorbing study of a feral child's slow awakening, told with patience and tenderness.

Tagline: At last an adult film to which you can take your children.
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.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, education, nature
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
education
nature
parenthood
Places: countryside
single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none