THE WILD CHILD, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Francois Truffaut, 1969. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, (aka "Tirez sur le Pianiste") Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, 1960 publicity poster.

Francois Truffaut wrote, directed and stars in a factual story of a savage boy (Jean-Pierre Cargol) found in late 18th-century France. Pinel: Jean Daste. Mme. Guerin: Francoise Seigner. Remy: Paul ...

This conclusion intriguingly mirrors Truffaut's relationship with Jean-Pierre Cargol, a gypsy boy whom he had discovered on the same Montpellier streets that had provided the kids for his 1957 ...