The Desert Child
6.4
“Lost in the Sahara, raised in the wild.”
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
5 people
Gilles de Maistre Director · Prune de Maistre Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.1M · First release April 8, 2026 · Produced in France, Belgium
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,108,495
Production
Mai Juin Productions
Production
StudioCanal
Production
uMedia
Production
France · Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'enfant du désert
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German · Italian
Release dates
France · April 8, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
June 7, 2026 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
France
August 12, 2026 · Physical
Germany
May 21, 2026 · Theatrical
Italy
April 23, 2026 · Theatrical
Latvia
June 5, 2026 · Theatrical
Poland
August 21, 2026 · Theatrical
Russia
June 18, 2026 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 20, 2026 · Theatrical
Ukraine
June 4, 2026 · Theatrical
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