L'Enfant Secret is a 1979 French film written and directed by Philippe Garrel. It stars Anne Wiazemsky as Elie and Henri de Maublanc as Jean-Baptiste, a filmmaker. The original film score was composed by Faton Cahen who reprised his collaboration with Garrel on Liberté, la nuit (1983), Paris vu par… 20 ans après (1984) and J'entends plus la guitare (1991). It was premiered in Paris in 1979 and received wider release in 1982. In October 2017, it was released in cinemas in the United States. The film won Prix Jean Vigo in 1982.
Cast
Anne Wiazemsky as Elie
Henri de Maublanc as Jean-Baptiste
Xuan Lindenmeyer as Swann, Elie's child
Cécile Le Bailly as Chloé
Elli Medeiros as the whore
Philippe Garrel as the psychiatric patient
Ari Päffgen as the boy
Eliane Roy as Jean-Baptiste's mother
Edwige Belmore as the prostitute