The Wild Child

 One summer day in 1798, a naked boy of eleven of twelve years age is found in a forrest in rural district of southern France.  The boy is captured and brought to Paris and was placed in a school for deaf-mutes. The boy lived his life like a wild animal and was unable to speak or understand. He didn't have communication skills.  Dr Itard (Truffaut) observes the boy and believes that he is neither deaf, nor "idiot".   Doctor thinks that the boy's behaviour is result of living in a deprived atmosphere but he can be educated.

 There is question at the root of "Wild Child". The question is whether civilization is good for men or if he'd be happier in natural state? The Wild Child is very pure,ascetic Truffaut.  It focuses tightly on the minute details of Victor's education as if to avoid announcing the fact that it's about larger matters.
Truffaut never quite let us become sentimental about Victor's triumphs- his first tears,the day he invents a chalk holder etc.  One of the best film by him.