A Child in the Crowd

A Child in the Crowd (French: Un enfant dans la foule) is a 1976 French drama film produced, written and directed by Gérard Blain. The movie stars César Chauveau, Claude Treille, Annie Kovaks and Jean Bertal. The film has been characterized as an autobiographical study of Blain's own childhood; "unwanted and unloved by cold unfeeling parents." The depictions seen in the film are exactly what Blain actually did after being abandoned by his father as a kid, leaving school at age thirteen, and soon embarking on relationships with older men while harboring acting aspirations. The film premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.