Thirteenth session of Carta Branca to Luis Miguel Cintra, a cycle of films, talks and conferences accompanying the exhibition Luis Miguel Cintra - Pequeno Teatro do Mundo. This session will feature a screening of François Truffaut's The Wild Child (1970).

L'ENFANT SAUVAGE | THE WILD CHILD

François Truffaut | FRA | 1970 | 83'

In 1798, a feral boy is found on the outskirts of the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed with mental disability, he is admitted to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development has been impaired by his lack of contact with society. So Itard takes the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years. Based on a celebrated real-life case (Itard was one of the most important French doctors, and the ‘wild boy’ of the title is directly inspired by the true story of Victor of Aveyron), The Wild Child is one of the best examples of François Truffaut's dramatic and emotional skill