Le Garçon sauvage
1951 Drama   
Director: Jean Delannoy
Starring: Madeleine Robinson, Franck Villard, Pierre-Michel Beck, Edmond Beauchamp, Henri Vilbert
 
Summary
Marie earns a comfortable living working as a prostitute in the French port of Marseilles.  Now that she has some stability in her life, she decides to take charge of her twelve-year old son Simon, whom she has placed in the care of kindly shepherd.   At first, Simon is overjoyed to be reunited with the mother whom he worships.  But the boy’s delight soon turns to dismay when he realises how she derives her income.  He is even more disgusted by her current boyfriend, Paul, a drunken layabout who seems to be invested with the worst of human vices...

Credits
  • Director: Jean Delannoy
  • Script: Henri Jeanson, Edouard Peisson (novel)
  • Photo: Robert Lefebvre
  • Music: Paul Misraki
  • Cast: Madeleine Robinson (Maria), Franck Villard (Paul), Pierre-Michel Beck (Simon), Edmond Beauchamp (Gilles), Henri Vilbert (Capitaine François), Dora Doll (L’amie de Paul), Georges Douking (Le Paysan), Jean Duvaleix (Le Monsieur du taxi), René Génin (Le client de Marie), Janine Miller (Anny Flyn), Raphaël Patorni (Luccioni), Fernand Sardou (L’inspecteur)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 112 min; B&W
  • Aka: Savage Triangle



More French Drama
  

Review
Write a review for this film...

User Comments
How do you rate this film?
   

  Genre:
Decade: 		Action     Comedy     Drama     Horror     Musical     Rom-com     Sci-Fi     Thriller     War     The best
1910s     1920s     1930s     1940s     1950s     1960s     1970s     1980s     1990s     2000s     		 

For the latest film releases on DVD...



HOTELS    |    FLIGHTS    |    HOLIDAYS    |    PROPERTY    |    JOBS