The Desert Child
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Production year2025
French release08/04/2026
Runtime1 h 32 min
Synopsis
14-year-old Sun has written and successfully published a story her late grandfather used to tell her: the incredible tale of Hadara, a wild child who was saved by a group of ostriches when he was separated from his family in a storm, then raised in the desert amid a host of wild animals, including his best friend, an adorable desert fox.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Mai-Juin Productions, STUDIOCANAL
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : STUDIOCANAL
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : Catherine Camborde, Anna Marsh, François Mergier, Antoine Morand
- Screenwriter : Prune de Maistre
- Director of Photography : Vincent Van Gelder
- Music Composer : Armand Amar
- Assistant Director : David Campi-Lemaire
- Editor : Samuel Danési
- Sound Recordist : Guilhem Donzel
- Costume designer : Emma Bellocq
- Executive Producer : Bénédicte Bellocq
- Press Attaché (film) : Isabelle Sauvanon
- Sound editors : Olivier Mortier, Thibaud Rie
- Continuity supervisor : Zakya Azale
- Production Designer : Halima Zniber
- Casting : Élodie Bensoussan, Aziza Marzak
- Sound Mixer : Thomas Gauder
- Unit Production Manager : Hicham Rbibe
- Post-production supervisor : Aurélien Adjedj
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Coproducer countries : France (84.77%), Belgium (15.23%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2025
- French release : 08/04/2026
- Runtime : 1 h 32 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 161.691
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
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