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Wild Reeds, originally titled Les Roseaux sauvages, is a French drama film directed and written by André Téchiné. The production features Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, and Frédéric Gorny in the cast, with Jeanne Lapoirie serving as director of photography and Alain Sarde as producer. The narrative is set in France and centers on the Algerian War, incorporating themes of love triangles, coming of age, and male homosexuality within a provincial southern French setting.
The film has a runtime of approximately 110 to 115 minutes and was released in 1994. It was distributed by Netflix and is available via video on demand. Critical reception includes scores of 8.2 out of 10, 83 out of 100, and 100 percent, alongside an IMDb rating of 7.3. The movie received several awards, including the Louis Delluc Prize, the César Award for Best Film, and honors from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Film · TMDB
7.0As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
Cast
- Élodie Bouchez as Maïté Alvarez
- Gaël Morel as François Forestier
- Stéphane Rideau as Serge Bartolo
- Frédéric Gorny as Henri Mariani
- Michèle Moretti as Madame Alvarez
- Jacques Nolot as Monsieur Morelli
Themes
- love triangle
- province
- southern france
- coming of age
- male homosexuality
- in the closet
- heartbreak
- lgbt
- sexual awakening
- lgbt teen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- Algerian War
- Creator
- André Téchiné
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- André Téchiné
- Cast member
- Michel Ruhl
- Composer
- Chubby Checker
- Producer
- Alain Sarde
- Cinematographer
- Jeanne Lapoirie
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 158070
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Gaël Morel Elodie Bouchez.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1995-01-26
- title
- Les Roseaux sauvages
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
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