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In 1798, farmers in the south of France, on the hunt for a predator, instead find a naked young boy, presumably grown up in the wild without human contact. As the latest sensation, he’s paraded before fee-paying gawkers at the institute for the deaf and dumb, while Dr. Itard debates with a colleague: is the boy a purely natural human, a tabula rasa, or simply an idiot? Itard takes the boy into his own home in an attempt to educate and civilize him.

Also Known As: L' Enfant sauvage

Production Status: Released

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

MPAA Rating: G

Distributors: MGM Distribution Company, The Film Desk, Heathen Films

Production Co.: Films du Carrosse, Artistes Associes

U.S. Box Office: $55,242

Produced in: France