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The Desert Child

Original title: L'enfant du désert

Lost in the Sahara, raised in the wild.

2026 · 1h 32m

Directed by Gilles de Maistre

7.3

TMDB audience score
34 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

14-year-old Sun has written and successfully published a story based on an incredible story told by her late grandfather about a wild child called Hadara, who is saved by a group of ostriches when he becomes separated from his family in a storm, and is then raised in the desert amid a host of wild animals, including his best friend, a desert fox. When Sun is invited to travel to the Sahara by a local community who has heard about her book, she meets Kharouba, a Nomad girl of her own age, and realizes there may be much more to Hadara than just a character in a bedtime story.

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Cast

  • Kev Adams
    Christian

  • Nahel Tran

  • Nahïl Bouazzaoui

  • Neige de Maistre
    Sun

  • Adriane Gradziel