Saw The Wild Child, a film about a feral boy who is slowly brought into the machinery of normal society. It was interesting. It was based on the nonfiction case report of the doctor who was treating the feral boy. It's interesting seeing this kid slowly adopt clothing, learn to ask for things, slowly crawl out of the hole they were left in as a child living in the wild, exposed to the elements.
I don't have any particular thoughts about this movie. It's pleasant, admittedly in a sort of severe, dry, French kind of way, but it is pleasant and uplifting to see the boy's progress. I suppose there's a parallel to be drawn here between our own innate desires vs society: how people are willing to be indulgent, but only for so far and for so long. Eventually, you will have to behave. Rather than this being a dower story of innate nature crushed, this is an uplifting story about reaching potential.
I enjoyed the movie but don't have a lot to say about it.
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