La petite sauvage

Original title: Wildflower

TV Movie
1991
PG-13
2h

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Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon, and Beau Bridges in La petite sauvage (1991)

Drama Romance

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.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,865

198

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Beau Bridges

Jack Perkins

Susan Blakely

Ada Guthrie

William McNamara

Sammy Perkins

Reese Witherspoon

Ellie Perkins

Patricia Arquette

Alice Guthrie

Norman Max Maxwell

Ormand Guthrie
(as Norman 'Max' Maxwell)

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Bessie Morgan

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

Church Girl
(as Mary Page)

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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
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User reviews18

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10/10

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!