The Desert Child

A gentle, sun-drenched adventure that blends a girl's discovery with a wild child's survival, feeling like a warm bedtime story come to life.

Directed by

Gilles de Maistre

Genres

Adventure, Family

Starring

Kev Adams, Nahel Tran, Nahïl Bouazzaoui

Tagline

Lost in the Sahara, raised in the wild.

Overview

14-year-old Sun has written and successfully published a story based on an incredible story told by her late grandfather about a wild child called Hadara, who is saved by a group of ostriches when he becomes separated from his family in a storm, and is then raised in the desert amid a host of wild animals, including his best friend, a desert fox. When Sun is invited to travel to the Sahara by a local community who has heard about her book, she meets Kharouba, a Nomad girl of her own age, and realizes there may be much more to Hadara than just a character in a bedtime story.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, uplifting and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Coming-of-age, family, identity, 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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