The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Wild Reeds
Drama · Romance · 1994
As 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.
Movie details
Wild Reeds
1994 Drama · Romance 1h 55m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
As 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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Wild Reeds?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
André Téchiné
Written by
Olivier Massart · Gilles Taurand · André Téchiné
Élodie Bouchez
Maïté Alvarez
Gaël Morel
François Forestier
Stéphane Rideau
Serge Bartolo
Frédéric Gorny
Henri Mariani
Michèle Moretti
Madame Alvarez
Jacques Nolot
Monsieur Morelli
E
Eric Kreikenmayer
Pierre Bartolo
Court is in session
Put Wild Reeds on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.