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La petite sauvage

Original title: Wildflower
  • TV Movie
  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.8K
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Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon, and Beau Bridges in La petite sauvage (1991)
DramaRomance

An abused, partially-deaf girl is helped back into society by two resourceful children.An abused, partially-deaf girl is helped back into society by two resourceful children.An abused, partially-deaf girl is helped back into society by two resourceful children.

  • Director
    • Diane Keaton
  • Writer
    • Sara Flanigan
  • Stars
    • Beau Bridges
    • Susan Blakely
    • William McNamara
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Diane Keaton
    • Writer
      • Sara Flanigan
    • Stars
      • Beau Bridges
      • Susan Blakely
      • William McNamara
    • 19User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Beau Bridges
    Beau Bridges
    • Jack Perkins
    Susan Blakely
    Susan Blakely
    • Ada Guthrie
    William McNamara
    William McNamara
    • Sammy Perkins
    Reese Witherspoon
    Reese Witherspoon
    • Ellie Perkins
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Alice Guthrie
    Norman Max Maxwell
    • Ormand Guthrie
    • (as Norman 'Max' Maxwell)
    Collin Wilcox Paxton
    Collin Wilcox Paxton
    • Bessie Morgan
    Richard K. Olsen
    Richard K. Olsen
    • Doc Murphy
    Allison Smith
    • Lisa Mae
    Heather Lynch
    • Bertha
    Rob Priester
    • David Butler
    • (as Robert Priester)
    Randy Williams
    • Cletus
    Rick Warner
    • Minister
    Charles McLawhorn
    • Mayor
    E. Michael Hewett
    • Ike
    • (as Edward Michael Hewett)
    Ennis Atkins
    • Old Man
    Mary Page Keller
    Mary Page Keller
    • Church Girl
    • (as Mary Page)
    • Director
      • Diane Keaton
    • Writer
      • Sara Flanigan
    • All cast & crew
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    10Video_Kid91

    Amazing

    I think Wildflower is an amazing film. It touched my heart with the powerful acting, it really bought out all my emotions. It is a simple movie but it is really powerful. Patricia Arquette does a superb job playing Alice. I couldn't get over at how well she managed to portray a deaf person. Most actors that I have seen trying to portray a deaf person, tend to go over the top so the performance isn't believable. Patricia's actions, speech and her eyes show real emotion. This is a really good family movie and I would recommend this to anyone. I gave Wildflower 10 out of 10 because I believe that it ticked all the right boxes, parts were funny, sad, upsetting, but overall, it was really enjoyable!
    Jonathan-18

    Nice and Sensitive

    This could easily have been a pilot for a drama series, or the basis for a mini-series. I liked the family (with the dashing Reese Witherspoon really at the head of it). Beau's change in the movie is a little drastic, but all in all it's a touching sensitive, wonderfully directed television movie (by the always great actress Diane Keaton). These stories are what tv movies are made for. Lastly- it may be a little too long.
    j.pasteur

    The Waltons meet Helen Keller ...

    Was genuinely moved by the content of this tale of extremes of human nature. The barbarity of keeping a young girl in a shed versus the humanitarian sincerity was handled well by actress-director Diane Keaton. Patricia Arquette in particular must have found it difficult to play her role as the disadvantaged AND hearing-impaired Alice, uttering her lines as a deaf woman... with all the embarrassment that must go with it.

    Perhaps I have been alone too long. Or perhaps - over-educated and right after yet another vicious superpower vs. small nation war, with the subsequent revelations of bestial cruelty - I am still surprised by humankind's inhumanity to humankind.

    But there are pinpricks of light out there, somewhere. And with that thought, Humankind still has, at the very least, some hope...
    rachelb-2

    beautiful movie

    I would watch this movie everyday if i could! It is a totally wonderful story! William McNamara, Reese Witherspoon and Patricia Arquette did an excellent job! The love that develops between Sammy and Alice is so beautiful! I only wish that there would be a sequel something to add to this already wonderful movie!
    8purryguy

    Simple, predictable, teary romance

    Nice little heart warming movie which follows the conflict which arises when a partially deaf abused girl is helped by a brother and sister team to escape the evil grasp of her deranged violent step father. The brother and the deaf girl gradually fall for each other and well you know how it goes, love and hugs all around after a bit of an emotional roller-coaster.

    Get the hankies ready if you are in an emotional mood. If you are of a cynical cold hearted disposition then this won't be to your liking.

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    • Trivia
      Television debut of Reese Witherspoon.
    • Goofs
      The Wiki entry on this movie says that it is set in the year 1938. If that is so, then the song that Sammy sings to Alice is out of place. It was written by Johnny Cash in 1958.
    • Quotes

      Jack Perkins: I hear Alice lives in the shed?

      Ada Guthrie: What of it? She's a damn sight safer out there where she hardly sees him than in there within his reach.

    • Connections
      Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Diane Keaton (2017)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 3, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wildflower
    • Filming locations
      • Huntersville, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Carroll Newman Productions
      • Freed/Laufer Productions
      • The Polone Company
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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